[Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens

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

How do you use it if it is not rangefinder coupled? The Nikkor looks like 
it close focuses too, but what do you do, guess the distance?

At 06:40 PM 9/14/2006, you wrote:

>The great thing is how close it focuses. There is a latch so you can
>go all the way to 0.5m. The latch is there so you don't accidently go
>where it is not coupled. Dunno about 18 being redundant. It is half
>way between 21 and 15 and that is a big jump which the 18 splits nicely.
>
>I wish the 28/35/50 tri-elmar would focus at least to 0.7m.
>
>John Collier

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