Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ian Watts wrote: >"Do you know for a fact that the camera body will be rangefinder coupled >down to 0.3m?" Ian, I find that the most reliable source of information about the Zeiss Ikon system is from the Hasselblad home office in Sweden, which can be reached via e-mail (info@zeissikon.com). They are prompt about returning messages & aways address questions courteously & completely. In this case, the New Product Manager, who is normally the person to return e-mails, is out of the office until Monday. (I was notified by automatic computer-generated response.) So, I contacted Hasselblad-USA before I posted my message & was told that their understanding is that it is rangefinder coupled for all the lenses, i.e. down to 0.3m. If I receive any contradictory information, I will post it immediately. Knowing that Zeiss lenses for Contax cameras have similar close focusing capabilities, this seemed consistent with their past approach - although clearly this is a different focus system without electronic assistance. I will be very surprised if it is not rangefinder coupled at least to 0.5m for the other 3 wide angle lenses. Cheers, Bill