Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:47 PM 9/2/1999 -0400, Dan Post wrote: >could they be taking the fact that the retro focus doesn't protrude so far >into the body? After finding that the 80-200 / 4,5 Vario-Elmar stuck out too >far in the back to go on my SL, I could well understand if they did it to >make the metering more accurate on a M lens? Dan and I are discussing why Leica has chosen retrofocus designs on their later wide-angles, something I was unaware of until that deep well of knowledge, Eric Welch, pointed me towards it some years back. My Russar meters with my M6, and it is not a retrofocus design. My Orion-15 meters with my M6, and it is not a retrofocus design. My 2.8/35 Jupiter-12 meters with my M6, and it is not a retrofocus design. Also ich weiss ist nicht. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!