Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:33 PM 21-05-98 +0200, Milos wrote: >Hi all, > >could you help me solve a little mystery for me? I noticed that when I >focus a lens up to the close-up limit, as far as it will go beyond the 0,7 >m (last) marking and watch the rangefinder split image as I focus slowly >back, the split image and frame only start moving after a little while, >Milos I noticed this with my first version 35 aspherical. At first I was a bit concerned, but then I noticed that at the official .7m close focus distance, the rangfinder worked fine, it was only when I focused closer that the rangefinder stopped working. I guess there was some additional movement in the focusing helicoid of the lens that was more than what the specs promised, and more than what the camera's rangefinder was capable of. More importantly, the lens seems to focus accurately, so I stopped worrying about it. By the way, it happens with both of my M6s. Dan C.