Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cummer Family wrote: > > Dear Luggers, > Emanuel Lowi just mentioned that the mystery of the Hexar backfocus > inconsistency is still not sorted out. Here is more grist for the mill. > Next Saturday is my 58th birthday (Happy Birthday to me!) and two days ago > at the suggestion of Dr. Joseph and distant input from Tom A (get well soon > Tom) I purchased as my present a 75 Summilux - primarily for use on my > M6HMTTL - I think the two were really designed for each other. I have just > gotten back my first roll of film, partially shot in the M6 HM TTL and > partially in the Hexar because I couldn't resist seeing if the German lens > would focus accurately on the Japanese body. Sometimes you have to laugh at > life's foibles! You won't believe it - but the 75 wide open at nearest > focus on the Leica focuses about 2 inches too far away - that is the focus > point is in front of where it should be, and on the Hexar - the 75 focuses > just fine! So, now I have situation where the 75 wide open and close up > works better on a 0.60 rangefinder than on a 0.85 one. Also on the Hexar if > one focuses the wide open 75 just to infinity - where the range finder > images line up - the infinity image is slightly out of focus. You need to > crank the lens to its infinity stop and then the Hexar rangefinder image is > slightly out of alignment (beyond infinity) but the image on the film is > sharp. To me this is just funny given all the recent brouhaha on the LUG > about back focus discrepancies between the Hexar and the M6!! Luggers may > remember Leica changed the rangefinder on my M6HMTTL when the rangefinder > wouldn't hold alignment and perhaps there is some misadjustment in the > focussing cam. I think I will take in the M6HM TTL and the 75 to my friend > Ernest Cheung at Schmidt and have the two mated to be accurate. Isn't Life > strange. :) > Cheers, > Howard. I recall Tom telling us he had a body optimized for his 75 Summilux! That would not bother me when that time came. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/