Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Mike Blanchot, Leica rep in So Cal, said Leica toyed with Contax style >AF a decade ago, but decided that moving the film plane rather than >the internal element that normally controls focus, made conpromises in >the image quality that were unacceptable to Leitz. > >Is this logical?? If it is, consider how a view camera focuses. While the film plane/front moves to focus a view camera, lets not lose sight of the fact that 35mm lens quality must be considerably better than that of large format to compensate for the increased enlargement needed in 35. It may be that film plane focusing does compromise quality too much. OTOH Contax doesn't seem to think so, nor did the David White Company, among others. kw - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>