Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Edward Berger wrote: > I recently traded in my 35mm f/2 Summicron for the ASPH version. I noticed > that with both lenses on the M6, you can turn the focus lever beyond the > 0.7 m setting which is supposed to be the minimum focus range for these > lenses. The rangefinder, however, does not function past the 0.7 marking. > I called Leica to make sure that this wasn't a rangefinder problem. Their > service manager assured me that this is normal, and that if you want to > experiment, you can actually determine how much closer than 0.7m you can > get. It seems to me that this is rather inconvenient. You can't simply > turn the focus lever clockwise until it stops and then move the camera back > and forth to arrive at the closest focus distance because you will be > beyond the range of the rangefinder. To achieve closest verifiable focus, > it seems you have to set the distance at 0.7m (the point at which the > rangefinder takes effect) before moving in and out to focus. Has anyone > else encountered this problem, or have I misunderstood something? > > Ed Ed. This is quite normal with the Leica range finder models. Some wide-angle lenses have the focusing marks to even closer distances, but the range finder cam in the M-models goes down to only 0.7m or on the M3 with the Summaron and spectacles to 0.65m. The Dual range Summicron is an exception. Regards, Horst Schmidt