Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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. Well, that certainly explains things. Thanks for clearing this up for us. >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. Let me get this straight: create a new VF for a "largely non-existent" market? That sounds reasonable enough. >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 To that end, why not create a new RF magnifier/diopter combo unit that would fit over the front of the specially designed external RF which would thus be adjustable for the really long modular lens system for the R that could be modified to be used on M cameras via a series of custom-made hand-tooled adaptors (one for each focal length), for the totally non-existent market of extreme telephoto RF users? Guy >> 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 > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >-- >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