Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Strange that nothing appears on the Leica web site! Gerry Henning Wulff wrote: > >At 9:42 PM -0400 9/22/03, Don Dory wrote: > >>Wouldn't it be an interesting thing if the eyes were useable with > the 90 > >>Elmarit or possibly one of the 135's available? Perhaps not perfect, > >>but useable. > >> > >>The possibility of adding a closer focusing capability to your every > day > >>walk around kit is an interesting thought. Maybe that is why the eyes > >>are a separate item, so you can add capability to your system at a > >>nominal cost in dollars and bag space. > >> > >>Don > >>dorysrus@mindspring.com > >> > > > >The new closeup attachment will work with other 90's (not 135', > >though) unless the new 90 has internal focussing. > > > >If the 90 has full cell focussing, and doesn't change its focal > >length during focussing, any other 90 will work with the closeup > >attachment. > > > >No need to get the new 90 if the size is no inducement, or if you > >carry a 90 Summicron anyways. I'm sure the 90AA would perform > >adequately at f/4 and smaller at closer distances. > > > > Actually, if the distance between the front and rear nodal points on > the lenses are different, there will be some difference and your > focossing point might be different. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html