Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Should len's infinity marking really be infinity?
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 06:41:01 +0100

Ben,

Depending on your definition of "far away" this can be normal or can
indicate rangefinder misalignment. Since you write that this only happens
with some lenses, I suspect that you are simply focusing on things that are
closer than infinity.

Nathan

Ben Ho ^_^ wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Excuse me for asking such a dump question.
>
> When I set my lens to the infinity mark and look at far away subject, I
> noted that some lens are focused at beyond infinity.  (The split image
> does not match, as if it is focused at a point further than the
> subject.)  Is this normal?
>
> Thanks for your advices.
>
> Best regards
> Ben



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