Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/29

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Subject: [Leica] Focus confirmation
From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 06:51:27 -0400
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Ni Hao young Boon:

In a few years, sometime in your 40s, you will learn why I need focus
confirmation when using manual lenses on an AF camera which doesn't have
a split image focusing screen.
- -- 

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



Red Dawn wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> 
> > You must be young.
> 
> being 28....i guess so......by conventional standards...
> 
> > That's why I have a split image focusing screen in all of my cameras
> > except for the DCS-460, which uses an N90 for a body, it's AF but I
> use
> > manual focus lenses on it.
> 
> oh i wan't referring to split image focusing screens - those are not
> really
> electronic focus confirmation tools....
> 
> > >>> it defeats the point if one needs to depend on the camera
> electronics
> <<<
> > The "point" is to make focused pictures no matter what method that I
> > have to use.
> 
> right...agreed..which is why i said if u're already using electronics
> to
> determine focus, AF might be the more straight forward and easier
> option......
> 
> boon hwee
>
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