JGW Posted November 11, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 11, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've noticed that the focus distance scale markings on my Digilux 2 are 'miles' out. Has anyone checked theirs? If I accurately manually focus on something 2 meters away (using the full magnification in the eye-level viewfinder) my lens scale is in between 0.8 and 1.2 meters. It's actually on the 3.2 feet mark! Something around 3 meters away gives a reading of just over the 1.2 meter mark. Focussing on these same distances with my any of my M cameras, gives an accurate lens scale reading. The camera does record in-focus shots when focussing manually; as it does on automatic, but information on the lens when working with manual focus is wrong. Jeffrey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 Hi JGW, Take a look here Lens distance markings on D2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
daveleo Posted November 11, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 11, 2009 the lens barrel distances on my D2 are off by at least a kilometer !! (slight exageration). this happened after i sent it in for a sensor change (2 years ago?) and they "adjusted" the focusing ring for me .... i have not wanted to part with it at all, so i live with it as-is and focus in the EVF or most often by AF. someday, i may get back to getting it fixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGW Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted November 11, 2009 the lens barrel distances on my D2 are off by at least a kilometer !! (slight exageration). this happened after i sent it in for a sensor change (2 years ago?) and they "adjusted" the focusing ring for me .... i have not wanted to part with it at all, so i live with it as-is and focus in the EVF or most often by AF. someday, i may get back to getting it fixed. Ah, thanks, That's interesting. I've only had this camera a few weeks and I know it had a new sensor fitted only last September. Perhaps they 'adjusted' my focussing ring also! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted November 11, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 11, 2009 Funny you both mention sensor changes. My newest D2 which still has the original sensor reads 1.9 at the ring when I manually focus at 2m. My older D2, with sensor replaced last year, reads only 1.4 at the same distance! I only have the latter for 2 weeks or so, but did not notice it yet. Good to know if you try to guess the distance and set it manually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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