Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, lets ask it this way, assuming money is not an issue, would you rather have a CMOS/liveview system, or something like what I wrote? On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > When you design it, I'm sure that Leica Camera will take a look;-) > For now just swallow a teaspoon of concrete and ..... > ;-) ;-) > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 21 July 2012 17:05, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > > Speculating on an ideal optical rangefinder system (i.e. something that > > retains the Leica M DNA and yet improves on the 1950 state of the art > M3), > > what if a rangefinder has the following features: > > > > - LED projected framelines. This removes the clutter, solves the > visibility > > issue, and > > > > - changeable rangefinder magnification - what if the rangefinder has > 0.58x > > to 1.2x mag builtin (may be in 4 steps: 0.58x, 0.72x, 0.9x and 1.2x or > > something similar)? This would allow more precise focusing from the wide > to > > tele. This will leverage the existing frame line trigger and 6 bit coding > > system of course so this would be automatic > > > > - parallax adjustment based on focusing distance > > > > We know LED framelines can be done. The M9 Titanium has it. > > > > The XPan has 2 magnifications: one for the 45mm lens and one for the 90mm > > lens. I have no idea how difficult it is to insert multiple mag piece as > > needed. Anyone knows? > > > > The cam position should also give good indication of the focusing > distance > > too, along with the lens info, so #3 is technically feasible too. > > > > Chances are Leica nor anyone else would really spend the resource to > > develop something like these, since a CMOS/Liveview is so much "simpler," > > but would it be nice to have such a system? > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>