Re: [Leica]Konica Hexar...It ain't no Leica..

["dominique pellissier" <noct@club-internet.fr>]

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From: Tom Schofield <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica]Konica Hexar...It ain't no Leica..


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>
> 2.  I tried the Tri-Elmar on it, as I had thought that may make a nice
> combination.  This was a big disappointment.  The frame lines would not
> properly snap into place as you changed focal lengths.  As you moved from
> 28mmto 50mm, when the lens clicked into the 50mm setting the frame lines
> were 1/2 way between.  You have to turn it past the 50mm setting, then
back
> to click in.  Similarly, when moving form 50mm to 35mm, the frame lines
did
> not go into place when you click into the 35mm setting.  You have to push
> the 1/8 " or so that you can go further, then bring it back into the click
> stop to get the frame lines to go into place.
>
> Tom Schofield
>
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On my M6 I met the same problem with a demo tri-elmar in a leica show.
BTW the tri-elmar seems to me an odd thing : very expensive, cumbersome to
use, and a debatable optical quality at full aperture (f:4 only...).

Dominique Pellissier