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Could an 0.85 M 10 be an option in future?


Paulus

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If we look at the proportion of the M 3 in comparison with the M 10:

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268386-i-love-my-m-10/?p=3192583

 

Would an even larger viewfinder enlargement be an option in the future?

 

Are there any technical impossibilities to cover or would Leica be able to overcome them, seeing what they have done until now.

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Well, you wouldn't be able to see the edges for the 35mm lenses, in the viewfinder, would you?

I don't know, just asking.

 

28mm lenses would be out of the question...no frame lines.

 

With my former 0,85 M6 you could see the 35mm line well I the viewfinder and a 28 mm wasn't a problem. You just took the edge  of the  viewfinder.

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It might be possible for the mothership to replace the finder for a larger one, but it will cost you. I'd send them a letter or give them a call.

 

(Quite a few years back I wanted to replace the M9 finder with the one on the M8 as I prefer to have exact focus at 1m and I was told it was possible. I never did it.)

 

I may ask that question of the Leica rep myself when I'm back next week as I'd prefer that as well (mostly a 50mm myself). If I do, I'll report back.

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With my former 0,85 M6 you could see the 35mm line well I the viewfinder and a 28 mm wasn't a problem. You just took the edge  of the  viewfinder.

 

I have the same experience, and I really would like to have an M10 with 0,85 viewfinder.

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Anything's possible. I do think that the new finder has killed two birds with one stone, so to speak, in that we now have better viewfinder magnification on a digital M than we've ever had before, and can also see more of the finder at the same time. So they've kind of made it less necessary to have 3 different models of finder magnification (0.58x, 0.72x, and 0.85x). I think this is a versatile solution and it allows leica to make fewer configurations. There is always of course viewfinder magnifiers.

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Anything's possible. I do think that the new finder has killed two birds with one stone, so to speak, in that we now have better viewfinder magnification on a digital M than we've ever had before, and can also see more of the finder at the same time. So they've kind of made it less necessary to have 3 different models of finder magnification (0.58x, 0.72x, and 0.85x). I think this is a versatile solution and it allows leica to make fewer configurations. There is always of course viewfinder magnifiers.

 

Not disagreeing that this is not a happy medium for all.

 

However. they have not come out with magnifiers to fit yet and, no matter what anyone says (or who manufacturers it) -- they darken the RF.

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