Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing at infinity
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:22:53 -0700

The true test is to shoot wide open and look at the neg/chrome. Try it
before you send your whole kit away.

John Collier

> From: "Dale R. Reed" <dale-reed@worldnet.att.net>
> 
> How many of you LUGers have focused(with the rangefinder) your M6s on a
> target 10 feet from away then read the resulting lens scale reading?
> 
> And those of you that did do this test, how many found the rangefinder
> inaccurate that you had it corrected by a camera technician?
> 
> I just did the test on my two M6s with similar results on both of them.  The
> wider(21mm and 35mm) lens measured OK at 10 feet but the 50mm lens measured
> 11 feet, the 90mm lens measured 12 feet and the 135mm lens measured 13 feet.
>