Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:38 PM 8/18/1999 -0400, Robert Beaudoin wrote: > Regarding the above topic, I recently used a late production M3 with .8 >meter minimum focusing distance. I carefully checked the distance many >times with two different lenses. Now not long ago a fellow lugger confirmed >that his M3 had a MFD of .7 meter. Anybody knows if Leitz changed gradually >the MFD of the M3 from 1 meter to .9 then .8 and .7 meter? Any idea of the >serial numbers? I just had this discussion off-line with several folks. There does not seem to have been any change in the M3's construction during its production life, but different repair folks will adjust the minimum focusing differently. In general, though, it was intended to have a minimun distance of .9 to 1 m. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!