RE: [Leica] Focusing Hexar RF with Leica lenses

[Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>]

Odd.  Mine was perfect - infinity focus was bang on, and the pictures have all looked fine so far.  Now I have only tried it with short lenses (24, 28, 35, 50) but I've seen no evidence yet of focus problems.  If I'd seen problems like this, the camera would be going in for repair.

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Woo [mailto:tonywoo@netvigator.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:23 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing Hexar RF with Leica lenses
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patrick Smith" <patricksmith@wanadoo.fr>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 8:01 PM
>Subject: [Leica] Focusing Hexar RF with Leica lenses
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>I bought the camera yesterday and did some testing : I used a 35 mm
>Summilux, a 50 mm Summilux and the 90 mm AA. The focus is off (the
>rangefinder focuses nearer than the real plane of focus) by about 5%,
>meaning that if one focuses on some object 2 meters away, the 
>Leica lens on
>the Hexar will focus 10 cm shorter than when it should.
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>Hi PATRICK,
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>MY HEXAR DOES THE SAME WITH ITS OWN 50/2 M-HEXANON LENS, NOT 
>JUST WITH LEICA M
>LENSES.  SEVERAL OTHER HEXAR SAMPLES I SAW AT CAMERA SHOPS IN 
>HONG KONG AND
>VANCOUVER HAD THE SAME "PROBLEM" (BY SIMPLY CHECKING 
>INFINITY).  SO I SUSPECT
>ALL HEXARS ARE OFF IN THAT MANNER,  BY DESIGN !!?
>
>TONY
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