Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/07

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To: Gang Huang <gang@mtdcr.mt.att.com>
Subject: Re: infinity lock
From: "Alan Barta" <sediment@micron.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:34:45 -0700
Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

> My 35mm and 50mm lenses have the old style infinity locks. I find 
> them quite handy for scale focusing. With practice, one can use the 
> index finger to push and pull the focusing ring to focus to the 
> proper distance without even looking at the scale or looking through 
> the viewfinder.

Gang,

I think that you are finding the focussing lever helpful but not necessarily 
the infinity lock.  I can think of times when an infinity lock would be 
useful, such as shooting out of a helicopter or airplane.  -Alan