Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Bonjour a tous, > > About these lenses, let us remember that by making the field of view >smaller the goggles also decrease the accuracy of the rangefinder (or the >effective base lenght I suppose...Erwin, Hans?). Things will get worse if >one uses the goggle lenses on an M camera with a .72 base (M2, M4, etc). >Even more precision is lost. Of course DOF may cover the loss. > > In other words, accuracy wise, your best bet is a regular summicron (or >summaron of course) with a brite line finder. > >Regards, > >Robert (Un chevalier sans blason) > >P.S. I went to a photo show on sunday. Amazing the amount of specially >engraved Leicas floating around. And the dealers all swear they are >originals... > > > Robert, We went to the same photo show on Sunday (=E0 Longueuil). Je mentionnais la m=EAme chose =E0 un ami qui m'accompagnait en regardant un "Luftwaffen Eigentum" dans une vitrine. Amicalement, Jacques L=E9onard designer =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D j.leonarddesigner@videotron.ca