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[OM] Re: E-1 craving

Subject: [OM] Re: E-1 craving
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:27:04 -0700
Wayne Harridge wrote:
>> Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I suspect the problems of size, weight and 
>> cost go up with something like the cube of the film diagonal with 
>> pentaprism finders. The penta prism is much bigger and the eyepiece 
>> optical system has to cover a much greater area. The eyepieces are 
>> probably also slower for size/cost reasons.
> As an example, the eyelevel prism for my Mamiya RB-67 weighs >1kg, what is 
> the weight of an OM prism ?  
42 grams, but that's naked, with no mount, housing, etc.

Moose

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