Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think my SonC carry camera will be, not a Leica CL with 35/2 Summicron, but a Bessa-T with 35/2 Hexanon and a Russian 35mm viewfinder. It's a bit bigger than your sidearm, but infinitely cheaper. And I won't be polluting this entire planet and its tuna with that little PX625 battery. Move over, Greenpeace! Jeffery Smith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Sonny Carter Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:58 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF - Leica M incompatibility issue - finally ananswer? See, I told you you had too many decisions to make. You need to send me some of those CV and Leitz lenses. Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:11 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Hexar RF - Leica M incompatibility issue - finally ananswer? > Yes, Stephen Gandy suggested that to me, and I am going to do it next > week when I have 4 or 5 shots left on a roll in the M3 or Bessa-T. > Some folks will still say that doesn't prove anything in that it might > be focusing in a different area of the "depth of focus" range than > with a Leica lens. It's all kind of moot to me, as I tend to shoot > Hexanons on my Konica, and Bessa and Leitz lenses on my Leicas and > Bessas. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John > Straus > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:00 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF - Leica M incompatibility issue - > finally ananswer? > > > on 12/20/01 12:19 PM, Jeffery L.Smith at jsmith45@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > I nailed the coffin shut by taking a picture of...a nail. I stuck a > > small nail in a piece of foam (from a camera case insert), stuck it > > up > > > on my wrought iron fence, and shot it wide open at about 9 feet with > > all 4 of my lenses. In was in focus for all four lenses, so I felt > > that both camera (a Bessa-T) and lenses were in agreement. > > Wouldn't it be better to test all those lenses as you did at a minimum > focusing distance wide open? Then you'd be using the narrowest DoF > giving you a less "forgiving" range than 9ft...? Just asking... > -- > John > Chicago, IL > http://SlideOne.com > ==================== > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html