Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you very much for your both messages, it has sense, of course, maybe camera shake, maybe my eyes... Next week end I'll a new test with tripod and focusing carefully. Of course, here a 65 is a 95 and the 200 a 266, but I have not problem to focus the 200 on the M3 or M6... Next week the response, thank you very much again, Saludos cordiales Lluis El 13/10/2009, a las 21:08, Henning Wulff escribi?: > At 12:40 AM +0200 10/13/09, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: >> Hi George, >> >> I've mounted again the Visoflex on the M8 at home and compared >> mounted on the M3. On the M3 the screw to press the shutter drops >> exactly on the middle of the shutter button, on the M8 is separated >> about 2 mm. I have the impression that Visoflex mounted on M8 is >> more separated from the bodt than on a M, and this can produce the >> focusing problem. > > > > This is not really true. The flange to sensor distance is exactly > (within film flatness parameters) the same as the flange to film > distance. > > The mount on the M8 is a bit further out from the body because the > sensor is moved forward withing the body to allow for the thickness > of the sensor pack plus the LCD screen and electronics, and Leica > did not want to increase the body thickness any more than it already > did. > > The M8 release is not in the same position relative to the flange/ > lens axis as on the film M's, so the lever and release screw do not > hit the M8 release button absolutely correctly, but this is > completely irrelevant to the focus issue. If the focus is correct on > the Viso screen for one shot with one lens, it will be correct for > all lenses at all distances. > > > > >> >> I can't understand neither, my Visoflex with the 65/3,5 and the >> 200/4 worked perfectly on the M's. >> >> .....?? >> >> Anyway, thank you very much for your message, this helps to find >> where is the mystery... >> >> Cheers >> Lluis > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information