Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The goggled lenses focus closer than the non-goggled lenses, 0.65 m as a compared to 0.7 m for a non-goggled lens. So focus error is easy to calculate at closest focus. It is 5 cm or two inches. That is too great an error with a f2 lens wide open. The error will be less at 2 m and probably acceptable. YMMV John Collier On Dec 6, 2003, at 1:46 PM, Frank Dernie wrote: > Yes but you can surely use the lens _with_ eyes, the 50mm frame would > be engaged but the eyes would give it the same field of view through > it as a 35, just as on a M3. Reduced magnification but a useable > solution - as long as you do _not_ remove the eyes. > I haven't tried it but I can not see why it would not work from a > technical point of view. The loss of focussing accuracy would be > negligible for a 35mm lens. > > > > On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 07:47 pm, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > >> I tried tis with a summilux. It didn't work. You can't focus correct >> anymore and it will bring up the 50 frames. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Michiel Fokkema >> >> Best regards, >> >> Michiel Fokkema >> >> Laurence Gadd wrote: >>> Can the Summicron 35mm with eyes made for the M3 be used on other >>> M's by removing the eyes. Will the framelines on an M2 or M6 adjust >>> properly? Thanks >>> -- >>> 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