Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder Whiteout Problem - The Answer from Leica
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:08:02 -0800
References: <20020309182400.72271.qmail@web14005.mail.yahoo.com>
 
At 10:24 AM -0800 3/9/02, Henry Ting wrote:
>Can someone explain what in non-technical terms what
>"parabolic mirror" is?

It's a bowl shaped mirror that can focus a point at infinity onto a 
single point in front of the mirror. If you cut a section through 
this bowl it would be a parabola in shape.

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