Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Austin Franklin asked > > Parallax and frame size issues are exagerated by small lens > > to subject distances. Rangefinder cameras are generally unsuitable for > > closeup work. > > Understood. How are the comparable R lenses, just as not so close focus, > or do they focus closer? They do focus closer, but also one of the optical compromises made in high speed lenses is in the close focusing. Unless you have modern internal focusing (R primes don't) there is a loss of quality at close distances. cheers