Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] macro 90 on m8
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Nov 2 06:39:35 2007
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Tom -

I tried the demo macro eyes at LHSA with my 90/2.0 and couldn't make 
it focus.  It worked fine with the demo collapsible macro 90 but none 
of the ones I shot with my 90 on the M8 were in focus.

Tina


At 01:46 AM 11/2/2007, you wrote:
>Anyone using the macro eyes with another 90 besides the 90
>collapsible macro M?  I tried mounting other 90's on it at a Leica
>Demo Days and they mounted fine, but no film, nor M8 back then, to
>try it out with.  Of course they wouldn't have the macro scale, and
>wouldn't necessarily be corrected for that range, but the 90mm
>Elmarit M (latest) was known, in M and R versions, for excellent
>close range performance.  And you would likely be using it stopped
>down in macro ranges, anyway.
>
>Tom
In reply to: Message from leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson) ([Leica] macro 90 on m8)
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