Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:37:57 -0800 (PST), Brad Daly <bwdaly@uao.bigfatpipe.net> wrote: >question: > >i'm thinking of getting a voigtlander 90mm apolanthar because i want to be >able to do really tight portrait crops. according to the tech specs, >though, the minimum focusing distance is 1.9 meters. i don't think that >will be close enough for what i want to do. will it focus closer when >mounted on an M than with the thread mount? > >i'm having a little trouble getting my mind around how close i can focus. >if i put my 50mm on my M6, focus it to 1.9 meters, and then shift to the >90mm framelines, that will show me what kind of distance i can get, right? > >--brad The APO-Lanthar focusses to 1m (or a bit less, maybe .9m) just like the Summicrons. this is the same whether the M adapter is mounted or not. This is certainly close enough to do tight portrait crops. Your approach with the 50 is correct. Focus at 1m, then flick the frame selector to the 90 position to see what the crop will be like. Paul - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html