Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> the > rangefinder lenses often have just as close focussing capabilities as SLR > lenses except for the macros. 10 times the focal length seems to be the > rule. I was amazed at the Hasselblad 50/2.8 F series lense. It has a close focus of ~.3 meters. The 35 Summilux only goes to .6 meters. The Hasselblad 110/2 can go down to .8 meters. > Previously it was mentioned that the 75 does not intrude into the > viewfinder. Unfortunately that's not true. ... In fact, at close > focus with extended lenshood the 75 intrudes almost to the rangefinder > patch. Agreed. At infinity, it snips the corner about %50 up and %30 over into the frame lines. Since this is the lense I keep on my M6, and take %80 of my pictures with, I am surprised I never noticed how much at close focus it snips! I guess it just doesn't bother me at all, I'm paying attention to the picture. I am getting a Contax 85/1.4, and it'll be interesting to see how it compares with the 75/1.4... Much to my surprise, the Contax Aria is smaller than the M6 w/ RapidWinder...and a lot lighter...but it doesn't feel like an M ;-)