Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Robert - even if you <can't use> a wider lens, I presume you still don't <need> closer focusing with Summicron than the proverbial 1 metre. DOF will take care of your picture sharpness; and then you can stop down the lens, and, even more, if you're using flash, you can experiment with longer shutter speeds in order to allow more ambient light to correct the harsh shadows the flash produces! Martin Robert Beaudoin wrote: > Bonsoir, > > I m wondering if anyone on the LUG has ever experimented with the > following. I use a 35mm SM Summicron on an M5. Unfortunately it focuses > only to 1 meter. Now given a situation in which I would need to focus > closer (I often take photos of children in action) is it appropriate to > unscrew the lens partially from the adapter to take a photograph at .6 > meter or the like? Does the rangefinder stays accurate? Anyone? Hints? > Precautions? > > Thanks in advance, > > Robert (Un chevalier sans blason) Precautions? the likelhood you completely unthread the lens and it falls, striking concete of course, is HIGH. The rangefinder will not be accurate but I cannot say how far off it might be. Dennis - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html