Leica regret?

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:

Agree. Too bad about the squinty finders though...

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Proportionally correct for the Barnacks form factor and the majority of other brands as well - such VF/RF sizes were traditional back then. Past 1950's people got used to larger ones.

blockend said:

There was a reason so many famous photographers put a viewfinder on their rangefinder, and it wasn't all about focal length.

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Prevalent poor eyesight is the reason

georg16nik said:

Proportionally correct for the Barnacks form factor and the majority of other brands as well - such VF/RF sizes were traditional back then. Past 1950's people got used to larger ones.

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True! Some cameras of that era had even tinier viewfinders.

On the other hand i have an Ensign Selfix 820 (1956) with a huge viewfinder, and it appears that it was one of the selling points of the machine.