How sharp should my M6 be ..

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My question is about how accurate the M6 should focus. Every time I take a shot close-up with my M6 and 50 mm 1.4, or 35 mm 1.4 I do get shots out of focus when the distance is within 1 meter/1,5 meter. After that everything is sharp so I suppose the focussing works okay, except for short distances. Can anyone tell me if it's a common problem (shortcoming of the rangefinder system) or should/can I get it fixed? Perhaps is accuracy when foccusing after 1 or 1,5 meters no so important anymore because of depth of field? All testing is of course done on a tripod and with appperture wide open! Thanks!

-- Sjoerd van der Wal (s.van.der.wal@hccnet.nl), October 13, 2001

Answers

it should be dead on, you beter try your lenses with another leica body, generaly if infinity is set OK the rest of distances are, try focusing your lens at 1mt in front of a mirrow to a maskin tape on the mirrow, then focus on the red dot of your camera reflected in the mirrow, then it should read 2m, it sound silly but if your camera is fine should do this test fine. Good luck

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), October 13, 2001.

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