Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am glad, and so is Leica, that you like the new lens. The parallax problem with a rangefinder camera is well documented and the main reason we think 0.5 m is "macro" on a M lens. This is an easy effect to demonstrate. Simply center a subject, 0.5 m distant, through the viewfinder and then shift the viewfinder to where the lens is, keeping the subject centered. You will notice a significant shift in the background. This effect is pronounced when working with any subject focused close. I often shift the lens to where the viewfinder was before exposure when working in close quarters. I have gotten so used to it that I do it automatically. John Collier On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 06:41 PM, P2CON@aol.com wrote: > Well BD, your druthers for close-focus seem to require a complete > second camera system. Lets see, a Nikon SLR with 60/f2.8 macro, or an > unobtainable Olympus E1 with 100/f2 macro, or a Leica R system of some > sort, (all big and bigger bucks). > > Leica is giving us a close-focus, (note, I did not say Macro) > capability with a NEW 90, and a pocketable attachment. I can have my > same walk-around kit with 35, 50 & 90 and just a small added gadget to > stick in a pocket, and the 90 is new glass from Leica. > > As to John Collier's point on the background shifting from what you > see in the viewfinder with the eyes, I have never heard anyone > complaining about that with the DR Summicron. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html