On 5/25/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the thin model finder, no extra baggage and very cute. Note the > profile, > the cover hugs the prism whereas the FA-2 has a big pregnant lump on the > front.
So the answer is: "It's for purely cosmetic reasons", is it? Hmph. My hotshoe finder (FA-1W) has a wider front profile, but I thought that was simply to accomodate the hotshoe. It also "sticks out" about 1mm from the body where the little aperture-ring-number reader is, as compared to the FA-2 (which is what my "thin model" finder without the hotshoe is labelled as). For 1mm difference, I'd prefer the aperture info in the viewfinder, thank you. <vbg> I'm too lazy to go look: does anyone know if a shoe-less prism is available with the aperture info in the viewfinder? Hey, I just thought of something. My older "shoeless" LX will henceforth be known as Joe, since it's shoe-less, just like Shoe-less Joe Jackson of Black Sox fame (or rather infamy). <vbg> Now I have to think of a name for the other LX, along with my MX... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
