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Re: [OM] Rangefinder?

Subject: Re: [OM] Rangefinder?
From: "Gary Edwards" <garyetx@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:58:40 -0600
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From: "Olympus" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> From my understanding, the rangefinder basically has a few prisms in it;
you
> look out the viewfinder window, and it has a picture of the image you want
> to take a picture of, and then another image though the lens as well.
When
>

Almost - the two images are seen through two separate windows, the spacing
of which is the baseline distance.  Neither image is viewed through the
lens, hence the often repeated error of shooting with the lens cap still on.

Gary Edwards

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