From: jeremy@exit109.com 
  
 Yowie  wrote: 
  
 > What is a rangefinder camera? I understand point & shoot, I understand SLR, 
 > I even understand ZLR (got one of those myself), but I have never heard of 
 > "rangefinder", let alone know its meaning. 
  
 This is the best-known example: 
  
 http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/msystem/m7/index_e.html 
  
 A rangefinder is like a viewfinder, but unlike the simple optical 
 viewfinders 
 found on most point-and-shoot cameras, you can focus manually using it.  The 
 "rangefinder" is a second viewfinder image superimposed in some manner over 
 the view, and when the two images line up, the subject is in focus.  Since 
 the viewfinder isn't through-the-lens, it is bright, and the manual focus 
 system is extremely fast, easy, and accurate. 
  
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