Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 9:22 AM -0400 8/18/00, Dan Honemann wrote: >Austin, > >How close will the 75 focus? Are you able to get full head shots with this >lens? > >Thanks, >Dan > >> Unquestionably my favorite lense. It is a perfect focal length >> for the work I like to do, and I really love the razor thin DOF. The 75 focusses to .7m, allowing it to cover the smallest area at closest focus of any M lens. In this focal length range, namely short tele, the rangefinder lenses often have just as close focussing capabilities as SLR lenses except for the macros. 10 times the focal length seems to be the rule. Previously it was mentioned that the 75 does not intrude into the viewfinder. Unfortunately that's not true. I don't know about the current Noctilux with extendable lenshood, but the old Noctilux with detachable lenshood does not intrude into the viewfinder as much. In fact, at close focus with extended lenshood the 75 intrudes almost to the rangefinder patch. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com