Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Aimee Baldridge of Pop Photo seems to have been let in on another rare > tidbit on this new line the minimum focus distances. Or she's the > one who > gets to leak it. > > On the 5mm and a 50mm, its our familiar 2.6 feet. > The "75mm and 90mm with a minimum focus distance of 3 and 3.3 feet, > respectively" > > I can't tell if I'm looking at built in focusing hoods or not. > > But they're made rather cutely. In a good way mainly. > A tad less elegant perhaps than others. > > It could be very well they will be marketed a notch lower. > > In my memory its not common for Leica to leak stuff out so dribbly. dribbly summons forth colorful images of age and prostate problems... a lovely evocative word, very well chosen... Steve > > > You may find yourself adding "dribbly" to your dictionary I'm not > sure if I > just made it up or not. But its certainly the word for the occasion > if you > ask me. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > Harlem, NY > > rabinergroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information