[Leica] Pictures M8+Visoflex

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 12:40 AM +0200 10/13/09, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:
>Hi George,
>
>I've mounted again the Visoflex on the M8 at 
>home and compared mounted on the M3. On the M3 
>the screw to press the shutter drops exactly on 
>the middle of the shutter button, on the M8 is 
>separated about 2 mm. I have the impression that 
>Visoflex mounted on M8 is more separated from 
>the bodt than on a M, and this can produce the 
>focusing problem.



This is not really true. The flange to sensor 
distance is exactly (within film flatness 
parameters) the same as the flange to film 
distance.

The mount on the M8 is a bit further out from the 
body because the sensor is moved forward withing 
the body to allow for the thickness of the sensor 
pack plus the LCD screen and electronics, and 
Leica did not want to increase the body thickness 
any more than it already did.

The M8 release is not in the same position 
relative to the flange/lens axis as on the film 
M's, so the lever and release screw do not hit 
the M8 release button absolutely correctly, but 
this is completely irrelevant to the focus issue. 
If the focus is correct on the Viso screen for 
one shot with one lens, it will be correct for 
all lenses at all distances.




>
>I can't understand neither, my Visoflex with the 
>65/3,5 and the 200/4 worked perfectly on the M's.
>
>.....??
>
>Anyway, thank you very much for your message, 
>this helps to find where is the mystery...
>
>Cheers
>Lluis

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