Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:48 PM 2/10/2002 -0800, Henry Ting wrote: >I cannot >figure why Hasselblad cannot design an internal >mechanism to change the floating elements based on the >focusing distance instead of forcing the photographer >to do it. I don't know about others, I quite often >shoot with this lens handheld, and more often than >not, forgot to adjust the floating after focusing. Henry, Hasselblad lenses without a shutter (F & FE lenses) do automatically adjust the elements as you focus. It is the lenses with a shutter that require the user to make the adjustment. Something about not enough room left over after the shutter to put in the auto adjustment mechanism. Jim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html