Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien wrote: > Xavier Logean wrote: > > > Canon has some AF lenses with Floating elements ! > > Thus, It should be possible for Leica to do the same ....... > > Xavier, > > What did you read in my post which make you answer that. Sorry about that, I read too fast your message and didn't noticed the "AX", Xavier > I was only discussing the fact that Contax AX kind of > autofocus system will not give the best results possible > with some Leica R lenses (and also some Contax lenses like > the 35/1,4). > > The Contax AX body autofocuses by changing the lens-to-film > distance (adjusting the distance between the lens and the > film plane by moving the film plane). > The body does the focusing work, not the lenses. > > Lucien - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logean Xavier e-mail: xavier.logean@epfl.ch Swiss Federal Institute Phone : ++41 21 693 52 57 of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Fax : ++41 21 693 66 10 Computer Science Department (DI) url : http://icawww.epfl.ch Institute for computer Communications and Applications (ICA) CH-1015 Lausanne - --------------------------------------------------------------------------