Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or perhaps it is a noble effort at a complex arrangement that not only zooms to three focal lengths, but can compensate for parallax at any focusing distance for each focal length. I for one am no good at framing accurately at close distances with a 21 relying on the parallax marks on the brightline finder. Some of the old RFs had a pin that came up out of the body behind the accessory shoe to tilt the accessory finder to compensate parallax. Tom Schofield On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:50 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 3:28 PM +1000 9/15/06, G Hopkinson wrote: >> Mark the specs and brochure are released, at least to user forum >> members. I guess they must be in wide circulation by now. >> It does look yummy. Its Dimensions and weight >> Length to bayonet flange approx. 63mm >> Largest diameter approx. 55mm >> Weight approx. 350g >> For us metric folks. >> >> But you are going to have to buy the horrendously complex and >> expensive super finder thingie to go with it. >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy > > Or the big stupid tri-finder sold previously. Or a 21 and 28 CV > finder (optional 25 finder if you don't want to guess) if you tend > to stick to one focal length for a while. > > Boy that new finder is a lump. They must have looked at the Xpan > finder for the 30 and said "we can design something worse than > that!". Success!!! > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information