Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, My books tell me something else. It is not a macrolens but the DR does focus to 48cm and the later summicrons to 70cm. Therefore IMHO it is a closefocuslens. I've used it quit a lot and have always been very happy with the results. Best regards. Michiel Fokkema "Bergman, Mark A." wrote: > > The Dual range Summicron was NEVER a macro lens or even close focusing lens. > Without the attachment it focused down to something like 40", with the > attachment it focused to about 28". The generation of Summicrons after the > Dual Range model all focus down to about 28" or 26" thus there is no reason > to use the dual range. The DR Summicron was made to be used with the M3, > all Summicrons after the DR work just fine for minimum focusing distance > (parallax and all). >