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Re: [OM] XA or Epic?

Subject: Re: [OM] XA or Epic?
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:17:42 +1100
>>OK, Ian you can be pedantic, but so can I. The Epic IS a
>>rangefinder, as you certainly look through one, it just doesn't have
>>rangefinder FOCUSING.

>
>Sorry.  You look through the viewfinder.  A rangefinder finds the
>range(or the distance to the subject) and it may or may not be
>coupled to the focus mechanism. There is no rangefinder to look
>through on the Epic Stylus.
>Winsor

Yes, strange idea that. 'Rangefinder' IS focussing. No double image patch
and it's a zone focussed viewfinder (like the XA2,3,4) or an autofocus
which doesn't require a rangefinder.
I gave up using a Minox GL because, despite the wonderful design and
brilliant lens, it had no rangefinder and that always bothered me. Oh, and
it's unreliability, of course!
Andrew



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