[Leica] Rangefinder focusing on the RD1

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)]

At 07:18 AM 3/17/2004 +0800, you wrote:
>I have been doing some research and the RD 1 with a physical rangefinder 
>base of 38.2mm and a rangefinder mag of 1.0 will have an effective 
>rangefinder base of 38.2mm. This compares with an effective base of 40.165 
>on a Leica M 0.58 viewfinder and an effective viewfinder base of 25.16mm 
>on the Bessa and Bessa R2. I think it will be tough (at least for me) to 
>focus a 75 Summilux with consistent accuracy on the RD1, but, of course, 
>if the picture is out of focus on playback you may have the option of 
>shooting it again immediately. :-)\Cheers
>Howard (Hong Kong)

And what's the DOF of a ~106mm/1.4 lens at wide open :-) ? Do you really 
want to do that anyway?


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