Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Hexar RF - Leica M incompatibility issue - finally an answer?
From: "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:19:24 -0600

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.


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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
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