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Subject: [OM] Re: Micro 4/3 rangefinder?
From: "Warren Kato" <wkkato@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:52:20 -0700
Would you settle for a "virtual" rangefinder where the electronic
viewfinder splits the image in two by taking sequential near/far
images and puts them in a little window?

Warren

PS I note that when Contax came up with the beautiful G1 and G2 that
they dropped the use of a rangefinder for use of autofocus.  I think
the market for a true mechanical rangefinder is rather small (at the
risk of being called a Luddite).

On 9/14/08, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So given that you have a body spec without space for a
> mirror, and various available lenses that expect bodies
> to tell them where to focus in a "fly-by-wire" system, ...
>
> Can you put a rangefinder in the body, let the photog
> control it via a wheel, and then have the body tell the
> lens what to do?
>
> Of course this is unlikely to focus the 150 F2, but if
> you have that, you likely have an E3 to use it on.
>
> --
> Sandy Harris,
> Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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