Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/07

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] what determines the size of the RF patch?
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:36:05 -0400
References: <7ac27f4f0909071432o60f429b3p876800f321cac2e5@mail.gmail.com>

I would think it is the size of the mirror.

One could build a viewfinder that was all split image, but it would be  
a bitch to look at two images all the time.

ric


On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> what determines the size of the RF patch? Is it the RF window on the
> front + the optics of the RF mechanism?
>
> For example, what does it take to build a RF patch 4x area that of
> Leica's? Will that make the RF mechanism too large or may be it will
> require a greater distance between RF window and the VF?
>
> Just idle wondering.
> -- 
> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
> // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog:
> http://rfman.wordpress.com
> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] what determines the size of the RF patch?)