Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R 24mm f2.8 & 180mm f4 questions
From: Doug Herr <merlin@flyingemu.com>
Date: 7 Jan 2001 13:55:27 -0800

On Sun, 07 January 2001, S Dimitrov wrote:

> 
> I seem to recall that the 24 was made with SL2 in mind which has a
> different prism/screen set-up. As to why, I don't have enough tech
> background to answer that.
>

Nope, it was the other way around.  The SL2 was made with the 24's rear-element-to-film-plane distance (a Minolta spec) in mind.  The mirror was re-pivoted to allow for lenses with less clearance.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
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