Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I nailed the coffin shut by taking a picture of...a nail. I stuck a small nail in a piece of foam (from a camera case insert), stuck it up on my wrought iron fence, and shot it wide open at about 9 feet with all 4 of my lenses. In was in focus for all four lenses, so I felt that both camera (a Bessa-T) and lenses were in agreement. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Paul Chefurka Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:30 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF - Leica M incompatibility issue - finally an answer? On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:56:50 -0600, "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Item 6 under "Will the Konica Hexar RF kill my Leica M?" [snip] >There is a snippet of information at the following site that appears to >put to rest the issue of incompatibility between Hexar RF and Leica M >focusing distances. > >http://www.nemeng.com/leica/index.shtml > Aack! I just took a look at this, and I have to say I'm a little uncomfortable with having my musings described as "authoritative". They are nothing of the sort, and the quoted scribble is nothing just requoted hearsay. I even remember that someone responded to this post saying that my description of the film rail configuration in Leicas is just plain wrong. I don't think this particular coffin is nailed shut yet, and I certainly don't think my comment should be construed like that. OTOH, I just don't think it's a big issue. Enough people have by now taken sharp pictures with Hexars and Leica lenses to satisfy the practical among us that it's not something to worry about. Paul http://www.chefurka.com - -- 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