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Reversed Galileo finders

Created by Luiz Paracampo on 1/24/2008 7:56:06 PM
Last Edited by Luiz Paracampo on 1/24/2008 7:59:02 PM   		Located in
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
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Posted - Jan 24 2008 :  9:45:00 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I apologize for my ignorance but I've never had these finders before. What does "reversed" mean? It always confused me.

Thanks,

Vlad.
Jacques M.
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 :  07:52:56 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Hi Vlad!
The telescope of Galileo permits to obtain a straight image bigger than the object.
If you look at the other side of that telescope, the image becomes smaller. It's the principle of the reversed Galileo finder.

Amitiés. Jacques.
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Vladislav Kern
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 :  10:57:55 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks Jacques,

I am still confused.. so what is the useful application for these reverse finders?

Vlad
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Jacques M.
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 :  5:26:02 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

As far as I know, the finders of our cameras are based on that principle: to have an image smaller than the object.
The most simple of all the Galileo reversed finders: the one of the Leica A or C, without any rangefinder.

If I'm not wrong!

Amitiés. Jacques.
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Vladislav Kern
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Posted - Jan 25 2008 :  5:28:55 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
So a non-reversed one would not make images smaller basically.. I see... for some reason I thought reversed meant that you can mount it either way forward facing or backward facing and it would be used for different applications...
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