Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD- Having had the top off a Barnack Schraubkleinbildkamera- which I did with much trpidation, and hands shaking, I would say it would be 'possible' but it might not have the bright framelines as it is pretty darn tight 'under the hood' The combined RF/VF however would be a distinct possibility, IMHO Dan ( seriously....)Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica O > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html