[rollei_list] Re: "different types of black boxes" (was: OT / prove it !)

  • From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:14:09 -0400

At 07:08 PM 4/2/05 -0800, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>  I think the M3 was not as popular as the M2, at least=20
>among photojournalists, because the built in finder did not=20
>have a mask for 35mm lenses, which are frequently used by=20
>PJs.=20

Richard

Around 226,000 M3's were made as against 86,000 M2's.

The outer limits of the M3 viewfinder are just about the same as a 35mm
lens requires, so the problem really only crops up with 28mm and wider=
 lenses.

Marc

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