Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] New Digital (?) Rangefinder Rumor
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:44:09 -0400
 
> I can't say anything about the Barnack comparison.  I started with a IIIa,
> which had been factory-converted from a III, then went to a IIIf.  There
> really wasn't that big a change, since my IIIa was fitted with a Leitz-N.Y.
> flash gun, for bulbs only.  The IIIf permitted strobe, but I seldom used
> flash anyway.
> 
> Jim Nichols

Well the rangefinder window kept getting closer to the viewfinder window...
Always a good thing.
But they became less "Barnack like" when they stepped it.
But if Leica was not a company which didn't keep improving their products
we'd have lost interest long ago.


[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner
In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] New Digital (?) Rangefinder Rumor)