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richam · 03/01/08, 10:18 PM

It's been done on the Contax G2, so it's doable, but you might not like the trade-offs. I had the G2 with a variable/zoom finder. The finder was small and difficult to use for older eyes or eyeglass wearers. I sold the G2 largely for this reason. The Leica M is much more usable because it has a large bright viewfinder. If you designed an M with variable/zoom finder and maintain the brightness and size, you are probably talking about a larger camera body. If you keep the M body size, you're probably going to shrink the viewfinder.

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richam Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 12/07/02 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 355	Re: Leica M with variable magnification viewfinder It's been done on the Contax G2, so it's doable, but you might not like the trade-offs. I had the G2 with a variable/zoom finder. The finder was small and difficult to use for older eyes or eyeglass wearers. I sold the G2 largely for this reason. The Leica M is much more usable because it has a large bright viewfinder. If you designed an M with variable/zoom finder and maintain the brightness and size, you are probably talking about a larger camera body. If you keep the M body size, you're probably going to shrink the viewfinder. __________________ Michael Richards' Mac gallery. Permission granted to alter and re-post my images.