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Subject: [Leica] Nikon forum advice (OT!)
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:43:05 -0700
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And therein lies the problem. You cannot set at infinity because the 
infinity marking is evidentially just a relic of the past, at least on the 
24-120.  And even if you do find infinity at one focal length, if you change 
focal lengths, it is no longer at infinity, even though the focus scale did 
not change.  I guess infinity is relative.  To what I don't know.

I have three G series lenses.  The 70-300  seems to retain its focus when 
zoomed as best I can tell in the house right now.  The 10-24 shows a slight 
focus shift when zoomed, but that  may just be my technique testing it in 
the house right now.  The 24-120 does not even come close to retaining focus 
when zoomed.

Aram

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From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:21 PM
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon forum advice (OT!)

> Set it at infinity and just leave it there. Stars are pretty far away,
> lightening too, if you're lucky.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Yep.  Except when it is too dark for it to focus on anything, like stars 
>> or
>> lightning at night.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:19 PM
>>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon forum advice (OT!)
>>
>>> The lens is meant for AF Aram ...
>>> Zoom in or out, the AF does the rest for you, well should.
>>>
>>> Ph
>
> 


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