Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/17

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Subject: Re: Caveat Konica Hexar RF (or Re: [Leica] Focusing Hexar RF with > Leica lenses) LONG
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:55:29 -0500
 
On Saturday, November 11, 2000, at 12:47 PM, Frank Dernie wrote:

> I have had a Hexar RF since they first appeared. I had heard that Konica 
> copied the film to mount registration distance wrong from the Leica and this 
> is why they make no claim of compatibility. 

A shrewd lie on the part of some unscrupulous M-users.  That mount-registration distance is pretty well-known and easily measured.

>On mine however the rangefinder 
> coincides at infinity with both the Hexar 50 and the Leica lenses I have 
> used on it (Nocti, 35 Aspherical, 24). My first use was at a concert with 
> Nocti wide open. Any unsharp shots were me moving. Apart from the crude 
> meter I like the camera, beautifully smooth,- tho I prefer M6 and M5. 
> cheers Frank 
> PS for Steven Gandy mine is 1443900. 

Never had a problem with mine.