Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know about the 21mm/2.8 Elmarit, but my Canon 19mm/3.5 rf lens (I use it on my M6 with a Leica adapter) focuses closer than the rangefinder range. A little click tells you whan you hit that point. From then on its scall focussing. On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Charles Dharapak wrote: > I've come across a used 21mm 2.8 Elmarit (Leitz Canada, #3194916) that has > the closest focus marking at 0.4 meters a co-worker of mine has a later > 21mm Elmarit that focuses down to only 0.7 meters (and the focusing scale > is much narrower, if I remember correctly). > Now, I've noticed that the rangefinder does not work beyond the 0.7 meters, > but the cam of the lens indeed keeps going that extra 0.3 meters. Is this a > similar situation with the Dual Range 50mm Summicron (which I have never > My questions are: Does it indeed focus closer? Why does the later and > current lens only focus to 0.7 meters? Is there an optical/design advantage > between the two? > > And if anyone is ever in this part of the world, I'm a working > photojournalist here and would be happy to give advice over some Singha > beer. Michael Volow, M.D. (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu) Department of Psychiatry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 919 286 0411 Ext 6933