[Leica] 180/f2.8 & Infinity focus

[ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)]

I don't own this lens, but does this lens per chance focus beyond
"infinity?"  A lot of long lenses allow movements beyond "infinity" to
compensate for temperature variations.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Spencer Cheng <scheng at aotera.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been trying out my father-in-law's 180/f2.8 (serial number dates it to
> about 1969, converted to 3-cam by Kindermann in Toronto) with a R-8 I 
> bought
> off Ted. I finally had a chance to take it out into the countryside today
> and noticed that when I try to focus at infinity, the focusing screen is
> still slightly blurry. I tried the same R-8 body with a 90/f2.8 and 
> infinity
> focus seems to be fine. So this would seem to suggest that the lens has 
> some
> problem.
>
> Before I send the lens to Kindermann, are there any known problems with
> infinity focus with this lens?
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
>
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