Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 500mm Reflex blues
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:29:54 -0700

> > Why the heck didn't Leica make their 500mm reflex focus nearer than
> > 4 metres?  I had no idea that this was the case until I just bought
> > one and was disappointed to find it out.  I have an 'brand x" 500 mm
> > reflex that I have used for several years which focusses to 2.5
> > metres and provides some "macro" coverage.  I can't see spending
> > several hundred dollars more for less range of focus.  I'm sending
> > it back!  Kent
> >

You could get a simple close-up "filter." A #1 usually makes a lens that
is focused at infinity focus at 3 feet. And the lens is not racked out.
Mark Rabiner