Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Sure, but it was easier to add on lens to the 0,72. To redesign it for 0,4 was maybe not cost effective. Lucien Le 30-oct.-09 ? 14:36, Frank Filippone a ?crit : > If you can put either a 0.85 finder or a 0.72 finder in the same sized > M6TTL, I see no reason that the .72 finder could not have > accommodated in a > M8 or M9 as a 0.72 finder, thicker body or not. > > If they had put in the 0.85 module, the finder would have been .... > ( Math > time out...) .68/.72 *.85= 0.80 > > Maybe the M8/M9 issue was time to market, and getting it done > quickly, > using available finder designs and mechanisms, therefore the > shortened .68 > finder.. > > Maybe the Elves will offer different finder options in the future. > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > The M9 finder is the good old 0,72 in a deeper body = 0,68. >