Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] re: Rangefinder precision
From: "Howard Sanner" <flagstad@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:36:39 +0000

>I have found that some of the really fast lenses need a bit of 
>"tweaking" of the camera to perform well wide open. The M3/Nocti
>combo is a good case in point. At 1-1,5 meter at f1, the depth
>of field is minuscule and I have adjusted the rangefinder to
>give me that dead on. The 75/1,4 tends to have a bias, either it
>is perfect at the 2-4 meter range and slightly off at longer 
>distance, or off by a couple of inches in the close range.


   Am I understanding this correctly? Are you saying that these 
$2500+ lenses can be made to focus accurately either close up or 
at a distance, but not both?

   Just wondering.




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