Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1. Zoom lenses don't compare to fixed focal length lenses for sharpness. Why would leica want to reduce the quality of their M line? 2. The viewfinder in the M series has always been the way it is because a ajor selling point for the M was the ability to see more information in the frame so that you could compose intelligently. A zoom finder would degrade that ability. 3. If you want a zoom finder in a rangefinder, why not get a Contax G2? It would be a quantum leap for leica to do what you suggested, a leap _backwards_ - -Mark On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, jfrankel wrote: > From what I can tell, Leica did not use a zoom view finder on the new M7. > Was this a mistake? > Could they have ushered in a new generation of M zoom lenses? > Could they have made a zoom viewfinder that would have been backwards > compatible with existing lenses? > It seems to me that a new M number would be a good time to take this quantum > leap. > > Jeff > > -- > 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