Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You may want to read Erwin's excellent article on rangefinder accuracy, which will tell you more than you will ever want to know on the subject. (www.imx.nl) To paraphrase, as I read the article, lenses such as the 75mm 1.4 and 90mm 2.0 and 135mm f4 are within the focusing accuracy of the .72, but the 135mm 3.4 appears to be losing it with th .72 viewfinder and really needs the .85 model. Tom Schofield - ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger L. Bunting <rlbunting@ameritech.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 5:23 PM Subject: [Leica] M6 Classic and 90mm Summicron APO > Any comments on the focusing accuracy/ease of the new 90mm APO Summicron > ASPH when used with a M6 Classic (0.62x) body? The literature on the > leica-camera site really highlights the 0.85x viewfinders but also makes > (what is for me) a confusing statement about about using the lens with a > M6 TTL HM and M6 TTL in preference to the M6 classic. > > Anyway, my real interest is the successful use at full aperature of the > 90mm Summicron with a M6 classic. > > Regards, > Roger >