Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:38 PM 12/11/00 -0500, Jeff Moore wrote: >2000-12-08-10:52:19 Lee, Ken: >> I find this comment very interesting. The focus on my 75 Summilux is >> much stiffer than my 90 APO and I thought others had said the same. >> [...] Does anyone else find the focusing on the 75 to be much stiffer >> than any other M lens? > >Yep, mine's the stiffest by far of my M lenses. It's kind of >reassuring to hear that this seems to be a characteristic of the >model, rather than my sample. > >Mine's original (Canadian) production; can anyone with a latter-day >German 75/1.4 comment on whether they behave the same? Mine is a new version, built-in shade still under passport warranty. It is more stiff than my other M lenses but is it twice as massive as well. There is a lot of stuff to move, big helical, etc. The stiffness in mine is not overly so. It is still very easy to focus quickly. Or is it quick to focus easily? Jim