Re: [KOML] Thanks for Lens Info

[Mel Brown <melbrown@eatel.net>]

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> Thanks to Mel & Phil--
>    for replies on quandary with RF and focusing of different lenses.  As
> a matter of fact, it was Greg who told me the function of those posts on
> the lenses!  He is already familiar with my story--I just wondered if
> anyone else was having the same problem, or if everyone else's camera is
> in perfect sync.  I guess it is the latter, and that the RF changes for
> each different lens attached.  Well then, why did they bother putting an
> inner rectangle (for the 180 mm lens) in the RF when the 90 mm lens' is
> attached?  Or does it always "have" to be there, but is just invisible
> for distances much under 12 ft?

Tom, from what I've read in this list over time, quite a few are off by
enough to be a problem. Most commonly, I suspect, from folks being quicker
with their screwdriver than with their logic. I was more fortunate; of the
two RO200 bodies, a pair of 90s, a 135 and a 60 I got from various places. I
had only to touch up the rf tracking and infinity adjustments in the two
bodies.

I too wish the finders displayed only the frame lines appropriate for the
attached lens, ˆ la Leica. Oh well, the Konis aren't quite perfect, but they
are certainly the best 6x7 bargain available.

Regards,

Mel Brown