Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > The new Leica 28s are super. Nikon's 24 2.8 is a superb lens. Better than > Leica's R 24. I think modern lens building techniques are putting to rest > that old idea that retrofocus is inferior. I suppose that someone could > take the advantages of the non-retrofocus lenses and apply it to the same > lens building techniques, and come up with even better lenses that are not > retro-focus. But then the M6 wouldn't be able to meter. And I believe > someone here has stated that non-retrofocus lenses have their problems too. Can you say that again? Someone should take the non-retrofocus lenses and apply the technique to not retro-focus lenses? Wouldn't be able to meter? What is that about?