Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Austin Franklin wrote > Yeah, my one complaint about Leica lenses...they don't close focus. this is another feature of rangefinders - like the framing issue from the boat. Parallax and frame size issues are exagerated by small lens to subject distances. Rangefinder cameras are generally unsuitable for closeup work. The dual range summicron with prisms and lenses in the eyes to compensate for parallax and frame size would be impractically expensive nowadays. If you need close focus, long focus lenses, zooms or macro a reflex is best. Thankfully for me I use macro a bit and long focus lenses rarely so the M is good for about 90% of my photography. cheers Frank