Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]......and Nathan, are you sure you put the lens on properly? Perhaps, like on the M's, is it possible to __almost_ mount the lens, but not quite, to stop just before clicking in. The coupled rangefinder will seem to work, but focusing will of course be off, at least on the negative. Chris > > Well, I do manage quite well with this lens on my M7, which is also of >> the 0.72 variety. Of course, the Bessa R2 has a considerably shorter >> base, something like 0.6 as far as I remember. > >Nathan: The short base of the Bessa RF is going to fail you up close and >wide open on a 90/2. Here's something you might try. The Bessa R(2) is >based on an SLR body that Cosina made in several guises for Nikon, Olympus >and ???. Nikon made a 2.5x focusing magnifier for the F80. It fits >the R2. It might help, just as the 1.25x Leica magnifier does. Although >it magnifies too much to see the entire image. > >See: >http://www.topica.com/lists/CosVoigtUser/read/message.html?mid=1606791990 > >Incidentally, an old LTM body with an 85 or 90mm bright-line finder is >actually a great theatrical camera. The RF is magnified 1.5x, giving you >an adequate effective baselength, and things look bigger and therefore >easier to focus on. The separate RF/Viewfinder isn't so much of an issue >when you're shooting a stage. Unfortunately, you can't use the 90 Apo on >a screwmount body. > >--Peter Klein >Seattle, WA > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html