Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] Seeking a new 50
From: bruent at shaw.ca (B Entus)
Date: Fri Mar 25 12:29:32 2005
References: <200503251817.j2PIFX8F016547@server1.waverley.reid.org>

>
> How closely do these LTM lenses focus?  I generally find the difference
> between 1 and .7 meters kind of significant.
>
> Scott

The 50mm 1.4 Nikkor is RF coupled to 1m, then scale focuses closer to 
less than half of this.
Very nice lens, very well made. Aperture open/close direction is 
opposite to Leica.
There is a capsule description at 
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/nikoleic.html#5014

A table in one of the Canon books shows that the Canon LTM 50mm lenses 
all focus to 1m.