An Idea for Leica M10 regarding framelines

[Nomad Z]

The Kindle-style electronic paper seems like a good way to make the mask, and couldn't automatic selection be done using the 6-bit coding that's already on the lenses? For preview, maybe a roller/jog wheel could be used to cycle back and forth amongst a subset of focal lengths that one chooses from the menu (whether presets or custom setups). The idea being that one chooses a subset that matches the lenses one is using.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

An LCD would do it and would be small enough to fit.

 

[DNG]

I think an LCD mask in place of the 3 masks would work.
The one mask would have one-piece LCD rectangles each for 25/28/35/40/50/75/85/90/100/135 and when a lens is mounted with a traditional claw/6bit code. it will allow the correct LCD frame to light up.. other lenses can use a menu driven selection process to be used
But. it may need to be a .63x VF... Or have 2 models.... A .60x for 25mm-75mm and and a .72x for 28mm-135mm

 

[FrozenInTime]

It's been done before - the Ricoh GR1 series used LCD frame lines complete with LED backlight.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It's been done before - the Ricoh GR1 series used LCD frame lines complete with LED backlight.

Fascinating. Presumably it would be possible to use available light instead of the LED backlight (which was what I castigated as a 'rotten idea', having tried the M9 Titanium), and if proper parallax compensation and switchable multi-frames could be incorporated, I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.

Cheers,

R.

 

[jaapv]

I notice these framelines even compensate for the distortion of the lens😀