Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Iıd highly recommend that anyone using Leica rangefinders focus test every > lens and body combinaton. As Iıve been missing some focus lately;Iıve tested > all four lenses (28, 35, 50, 75) on two bodies and found that each lens > focuses at a dfferent point on each body and in no case does the focus hit the > mark intended by the rangefinder. So neither body is currently set correctly. > Nor are any of the lenses. So everythingıs off to Don Goldberg. Bumminı > > Fond regards, > > G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist > George -- there was a lengthy thread on this calibrating lens to body a couple years ago. In particular calibrating the 50/1.1, 50/1.4 and 75/1.4 seems like a good idea for maximum results at maximum aperture. I am not so sure that being calibrated matters at medium apertures or for wide lenses. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html