Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Faster than AF......
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 07:48:47 -0500

Just to clear things up, this was the Carl Weese article that Dan is talking
about.
Bud
D Khong wrote:

> Friends
>
> I had the privilege of reading Bud Cook's "Leica Mystique" and I am
> particularly interested in what he wrote about focussing practise -
>
> <Grip the camera comfortably, with your left index finger touching the
> focus tab from below.  Focus the rangefinder on something.  Lower the
> camera from your eye without changing your grip, looking directly at the
> subject.  Concentrate on your hand position on the camera and the focus
> tab.  Next, set the focus to infinity, then, while continuing to look at
> the subject, try to move the focus tab back where it was.  Raise the
> camera to your eye and see how close you came to accurate focus.
> Repeat.  Now do it again with another subject nearer or farther away.
> Then try focusing before raising the camera.  Keep practicing, and you
> will be amazed at how accurate the technique becomes.  eventually, you
> will focus automatically on anything you look at, without giving it
> conscious thought.>
>
> Are there any other contributions from LUGgers as to how one might that
> focus spot on instinctively almost everytime?
>
> Dan K.
>
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