Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have no problem using a 90mm Summicron on my .58 M6. Wide open is not accurate for focusing, but stopping down works just fine. I admit my 90 is normally on my M3. Chris New Orleans - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" Subject: [Leica] O.58x observations and questions > I like my 0.58 TTL, the 35 mm framelines have lots of space around them > so it is easy to fiddle with the composition. It's when I mount a > longer lens that I start to have problems. Occasionally I want to use > the 90AA or the Noctilux on it and I find fine focusing very difficult > if not impossible. So I sat down with my 0.58 and 0.72 TTLs and closely > compared the finders. > > - the 0.58x finder's superimposed image is not as clear as the one in > the 0.72x finder. It is has less contrast and it is slightly fuzzy. > > - the 0.58x finder's superimposed image moves a great deal as you move > your eye around in the eyepiece. > > These two things mean that you just cannot use a Noctilux or 90 with my > 0.58x. It is strange as focusing the 35 is absolutely no problem. It > must be that my brain realizes that the focusing is not as critical and > relaxes. I have no problems focusing either the Noctilux or 90AA wide > open and close with my 0.72 camera. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html