50/2 Heliar minimum focusing distance?

[SuitePhoto]

I can't find any information on the minimum focusing distance of the new CV 50/2 Heliar. Does anyone know off the top of thier head?

 

[Silva Lining]

It's 1 metre, just checked 🙂

 

[SuitePhoto]

So it's actually longer than CV's 50/2.5... Grrr... I have the 50/2.5 and I sometimes find the minimum focusing distance can be too long when I'm sitting around a dinnertable with friends. I prefer my portraits to have a very intamate feeling - in which case, filling the frame with my subject is always desireable...

I know that I should look into a longer lens, but I love how absolutely tiny the 50/2.5 is... I guess there's always the option of cropping after the fact...

 

[anabasis]

Yes the min focusing distance is much larger then i am used to for a 50mm lens. Add that to the fact that the focus scale is only in meters, and the whole situation tends to throw me for a loop in the heat of the moment.

JCA