Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This certainly sounds like a really crappy design to me!!! I have no autofocus lenses. I have no use for autofocus. And if this cheesy design is the norm, I'm appalled. Jim At 01:01 PM 1/15/99 -0800, Lucian wrote: > >Have you any AF lenses? In order to get the motor a chance of turning that >lens, the lens play is considerable compared to a MF lens. >In fact, if you haven't used an AF lens you would feel it wobble in the >mount. That makes for differently focused areas in the picture, (for >example if you have the center focused the top won't be and the bottom >won't be either, because it tilts due to the play) as well as the lens >moving at the slightest touch in manual focus mode. > >Hope this clears the confusion, > >Lucian > >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Jim Brick wrote: > >> Someone wrote: >> >> >> Lenses made for manual focusing produced sharper >> >> images than their equivalent AF lenses. Even focusing the AF lens manual >> >> did not do better. >> > >> >> Am I to believe that, if you have two lenses, identical design, one is AF >> and the other is manual. And you MANUALLY focus both lenses, the "manual >> only" lens will be sharper? This makes no sense to me. What am I missing? >> >> Jim >> >