I didn't know - but it is not so
surprising as the Leicaflex may have been thought of as the heir to the M series.
BTW; Steve and I were on a live talk with Leica people yesterday, and we tried to squeeze information on the
R10.
One of them answered us that asking questions about an R10 was, I quote, 'vaporware'.
So the heir/R deceased before the parent.
Sad news.
Enjoy the SL while there's film around.
Bien cordialement
Philippe
On Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07:40 +0200
Miha Golobic wrote:
>
Dear flexers,
> I'm passing you (as suggested by Doug Herr) my newly
>discovered findings on
> the
Leicaflex SL viewfinder:
>
> I have just recently discovered another virtue of the
>SL: the
magnification
> of the viewfinder, combined with a 50mm lens (summicron,
>in my case) gives *
>
identical* magnification and brightnes as the naked eye.
>In other words: it
> is very easy to use both
eyes open when composing a
>photo. With some
> practise, you see *one* 3D picture, and a undistracting
>black frame (the
> viewfinder). And because of the nature of the microprism
>(a split prism
>
would be a distraction), it is very easy to focus in
>that way, too.
>
> Of course, this only works
with a 50mm lens. I somehow
>believe that the
> magnification and the viefinder arrangement was done
>with this practice of
> taking photographs in mind, yet I have not noticed
>anyone would
mention
> that. Have anyone else noticed this?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
Miha
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