Focusing In The Near Range - Leica M2 Instructions Manual

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Focusing in the Near Range

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Set the lens to 3 / feet (1 meter) as shown in illustration 1. Pull the focusing ring forward, and
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turn it past the end stop into the 35 inch (88 cm) position (illustration 2). The lens remains locked
in this position until the optical finder attachment is pushed home into its special fitting. This
releases the focusing movement for the close-up range (illustration 3). You can shoot with the
camera held in the hand or mounted on the tripod. You focus the lens automatically with the
coupled rangefinder. The finder image frame is still coupled with the focusing movement in the
near range for parallax-compensated focusing and viewing.
As the depth of field decreases rapidly at
close subject distances, it is advisable to
work with a small stop, say f/8 or f/11.
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