Bessa R2m focus accuracy

Hey,

What kind of focussing accuracy are you used to? I find my R2M and R2A are fine with the 40/1.4 wide open and printed up as 8x10s.
 
There is a shorter answer. Users, 35/1.4, how about it? 50/1.4 (or the Nokton at 50/1.5)? The Putts can put words on paper, but what do users experience?

Here is mine from my use of a Bessa R and 2 Bessa R2 cams. The 35/1.7 was fine. 50/2 was fine but not as snappy to use. Focus was good, but when the 35 lined up, I knew it, 50 needed an extra look. 75/2.5 focused, but needed care and effort to make sure it was right.

So how about it, R2x users, what are your experiences? Math doesn't lie, but what happens in the field?
 
With the 2,0 wide open, focus accuracy is not a big problem with my R2m. I assume that you have to take your time to focus 1,4 accurat. It is possible, but you have to be careful.

Thomas
 
I thought the 1.5 was fine on the r2a you just have to be careful close up but then a few months ago I got an r3a and that’s a lot easier to “lock-on” the focus, far more than I expected.
Having said that I haven’t seen an improvement in my strike-rate whatever I use.
 
Hi, I used the BessaR with Nokton 50 for almost one year exclusively and found it no problem to focus the 1.5. Other that user error the focus is always spot on.
Sure, it was easier and faster to focus with the M3 and it´s still easier with the M6 but the R does the job almost as good (one needs to take a little bit extra time compared to the other two but it´s not too inconvinient) and since the r2 has the same EBL it will be as good.
with the m3 the focus snapped into place like nether the M6 nor the R can do but thats a different topic :eek:
 
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I think the comments are pretty consistent so far, nothing unexpected. Please add more.
 
I have good experience focusing fast 50s with the R2, even the Canon 50/1.2.

But: newer Summiluxes have .7m minimum distance, all the lenses I tried had min distance .9m or more.
So I don't know what happens very close.

The 35 should definitely be OK.

Roland.
 
Roland, good point about the close focusing limit of the lens. It is a small difference, but in close it means a lot.

Just a note, my point in pursuing this is to support a thought, though a camera with longer EBL has an advantage, the R2x cameras are very capable. That is best said by the users of these cameras and their experiences.
 
It’s probably a heresy; but I don’t think the EBL matters that much, as long as there’s no backlash in the system, the brightness of the finder and the speed the patch moves is more important.
I have most confidence in the r3a then the m3 then the r2a then, a long way behind the XA
 
Finder brightness is important. I recently picked up a Himatic and Canonet, as wonderful as they are, the finders do leave a little wanting. I sold my original set of fixed lens cameras because my Bessa R finder was sooo much better. So, good point Stew.
 
Thanks Rover, by far the easiest camera to focus accurately was my Yashica j……..but then the eyes were only 12 at the time

its like hi-fi; by the time you can afford a good one you can’t hear it
 
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