Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My mistake - So would it be possible - theoretically - to squeeze a combined rf/vf into a Barnack, Marc? Marc James Small wrote: > > At 03:34 PM 10/25/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Probably no room....As a former LUGer pointed out to me, in order to > >combine the viewfinder and rangefinder, Leica had to load the IIIG up on > >steroids and morph it into....The M3...So I doubt they could get a meter > >in there....Still a nice camera... > > Well, actually, there are totally different design concepts behind the IIIg > and the M3. The one didn't "morph" into the other -- the IIIg was the > product of a design team committed to Barnack's principles, while the M3 > was the product of a design team inspired by Ernst Leitz. Different > strokes for different folks! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html