Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're right that this depends on the focal length. I remember though that Leica used say that the break-even point of focussing accuracy is 135mm. With shorter lenses the rangefinder models are supposed to be more accurate, with longer lenses SLRs should do better. >Even if the M and R lenses Summicron are identical, I could well = understand >that photos taken with an R camera with the 90 lens might appear >consistantly sharper because of the accuracy of focusing. The M6 finder >image is so reduced in size that consistant accuracy of focus with 90 = and >longer lenses wide open is more chancey. > >James H. Barker (Jim) - jbarker@polarnet.com >High Latitude Documentary / Ethnographic Photography >Fairbanks, Alaska > >