Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:15 PM 8/10/1999 GMT, Dan S wrote: >A lens is designed to focus to infinity at a particular distance >fromt film plane. You can always use spacers to move the lens out a bit, as >in the case of the LTM/M converter, but to go the other way would mean >moving the lens elements CLOSER to the film plane. This would mean >re-designing the lens body to move the elements closer. No, Dan. It is a matter of shaving 1mm off the mounting surface. The provision of a thread-mount in place of an M bayonet already requires a "complete redesign" of the mount, so the shaving of a 1mm distance is no biggie. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!