50/2.4 is this a defect?

[milch]

saw this on ebay. as you see the lens does focus past infinity, a little but simply noticeable.

ask this since every single one of my leica lenses stops exactly at the center of its own infinity mark.

 

[furcafe]

Slight defect, but probably does not have any optical effect. Should be priced accordingly.

 

[KoNickon]

Gee, it looks lined up to me -- particularly since the lens is turned slightly to the right in the picture. The key question is whether it causes the rangefinder image to go past infinity; that would be a problem.

 

[Spicy]

<insert joke here about going past something that inherently cannot be exceeded>

 

[dogberryjr]

<insert joke here about going past something that inherently cannot be exceeded>

To infinity, and beyond!

 

[Archlich]

after looking hard at my copy for a minute, I decide that it has the same "defect".

Razor sharp focused at infinity.

 

[ramosa]

<insert joke here about going past something that inherently cannot be exceeded>

Like the common cliche in US sports: "We gave it our all--110%."

 

[Sonnar2]

Is this a RF lens or a distance meter?

 

[Moriturii]

Is this a joke? I mean it might be past by 0.1mm if I tilt my head and squint my eyes. Some people...

 

[xayraa33]

The metric infinity is more spot on than the imperial one, as befits those fussy Continentals and Canuks with furry snow mittens on. ;-)

 

[I Love Film]

Jesus, you people stare at eBay photos too much. I can't imagine anyone even reading something into that. I've gotten bizarre questions about my eBay photos too, some really crazy.

 

[35mmdelux]

warp speed..?

 

[kbg32]

Milch, this will have zilch effect on anything.

 

[raid]

Such a lens sells for $800+ ?
WOW. It looks very beautiful on the ebay auction site.

 

[f16sunshine]

I thought it was just me. Maybe infinity really is further away than it used to be 😀

 

[johannielscom]

I thought it was just me. Maybe infinity really is further away than it used to be 😀

Well, the universe is expanding after all, so...

Or: if you focus really fast, you will compensate for this blatant error in the time-space continuum... Harf😀 harf😀 harf😀

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I thought it was just me. Maybe infinity really is further away than it used to be 😀

This must go along with it getting much darker as well, necessitating ISOs above 3200.

Phil Forrest

 

[fbf]

It must be a Chinese copy

 

[Crazy Fedya]

No, actually this is made from rigid Industar-50 in Ukraine. 🙂