[Leica] Close-focusing with M's

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

My 75 seems fine with the M8 at close focus: better at close than further 
out it seems ;-)


--- len-1@comcast.net wrote:

From: Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Close-focusing with M's
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:40:34 -0400

Tina,

For close focusing and magnification, without goggles, the 90mm macro- 
Elmar is the best. It focuses to .77M and gives a 1:6.7 photo. If you  
compare this to the 90mm summicron which focuses to only 1M and gives  
a 1:9 photo.

Second best I would say is the 75mm Summicron. Focus to .7M and gives  
1:7 magnification. I would not use the 75mm Summilux close up with an  
M8 because of the back focus issues with this lens.

I shoot about 75 flower photos per month with the 90 macro and mostly  
without goggles.

Len


On Mar 21, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG experts -
>
> Which M lens will focus closest on the M's without any extra eyes  
> or anything?  I've got the 50 DR with the eyes but it's very  
> awkward to use.
>
> Thanks -
>
> Tina
>
>
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