Here is listing of the Leicas and their base line combined with the
magnification.
http://www.cameraquest.com/leica.htm
I had forgotten about the long baseline on the Contax. Regretted
never having one of those interesting cameras except for the capable
but uninteresting T3.
The Leica 75 is a 1.4, probably as difficult to get in the sharp
focus zone as the 90/2 which is the maximum on many models.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 28, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> While the M3 had the longest Leica baseline it also had the lowest
> magnification at .92 which negated the advantage to some extent, I
> believe. The Contax (and Kiev) had the longest baseline (had to
> modify your grip to avoid covering the RF window) and the new Voigt
> R3a has a lifesize finder (and it's great).
> Yes, Cos/Voigt make a 75mm but so does Leica which I suspect is more
> of an incentive than rf design. Both the Voigt R2a and R3a have 75mm
> and 90mm framelines.
> I suspect that the long baseline issue was more to do with accurately
> focussing fast lenses like the 50mm f1. I owned a CL for a while and
> it was common knowledge that with its short baseline, using anything
> below an f2 Summicron was a bad idea.
> AndrewF
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