Thursday, April 25, 2002, 6:30:07 PM, Cotty wrote: >>My little Leica CL (a rangefinder) obviously has split image and couldn't >>do without that ;-) >> >>Really, Cotty? Not a coincident-image (superimposing) rangefinder, like all >>other RF cameras I'm aware of?
C> Oh yeah, well, you know what I mean - I mean, I knew what I meant, I C> mean, oh Hell. Forget it! C> I don't need to see through viefinders to see double images! C> Best, C> Cotty Actually, Cotty, you were right! The Leicas (and the Minolta CL) use split-image rangefinder! In addition to coincident image RF, the edges of which are a clear cut, so you can focus AT THE EDGE of it. It was found by tests that this arrangement of both split-image and coincident can improve focus accuracy by 50%... Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
