Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:58 PM 7/27/96 -0700, you wrote: >Leica made a big deal when the CL was introduced that the CL lenses would probably NOT >work properly with the other M cameras due to their different type of RF cam. One thing I've learned is that if Leica says something about their equipment, it might be more splitting hairs than other companies would do, but they don't lie. And I thought their main point was some Leica M lenses won't work right on CL bodies. They had nothing to do with the CLE. >The other thing that surprised me, however, is that CLE with its longer RF would >consistently focus more accurately than the CL--regardless of lens being used. The KEY >word is "more." Sometimes the CL/CLE would focus the same. But when there was a >difference, it would be the CL that was less accurate--about 30% of the time Why in the world is that surprising? A longer rangefinder base is the major reason for more focusing accuracy in the first place. >By the way, the Minolta lenses for the CLE are multi-coated. Most lenses from that era are. =================== Eric Welch Grants Pass (OR) Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB chair "I think not," said Descartes, and disappeared.