Re: [Leica] Did Leica miss the boat on the M7 viewfinder?

[Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>]

Hi
A zoom viewfinder is something they should offer as an
option for those who need it. If they don't offer it,
it's because they are stupid. A zoom VF would open the
near useless M system to a whole new range of fast
long lenses. Taking it to an extreme they could corner
the largely non existent high speed telephoto RF
market. I'm certain an RF small enough to fit on top
of a camera chassis that can focus a 300 2.8 more
accurately than TTL is doable.
Javier


- --- Mark Cohen <markc@binaryfaith.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> >
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