Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/15

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Subject: Re:close focusing distance
From: Claes Bjerner <claes.bjerner@pi.se>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 20:40:03 -0000
 
Erwin Puts writes:

>The close focusing range is independent from the distance the rangefinder
>can accurately measure. The M3 has a rangefinder mechanism which allows
>measurements till 1m. The M4, M2, M5 and M6 allow measurements till 70cm.
>Putting a modern Summicron (2. or 3 G.) on an M3 gives you two
>possibilities: rangefinder coupling till 1m and manual
>adjustment/measurement or guessing till 70cm.

If the above is true, how come my M3 measures all the way down to 65cm 
with my 21 Super-Angulon? The rest of the way down to 40cm I appearently 
have to guess the distance.

Claes