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Subject: [Leica] DOF of 80/1.4 at 1.4 slimmer than 50mm at 1.4?
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:58:35 +0200
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Alastair,

I've not send my 75 to be adjusted, IMO it is no more difficult to  
focus on the M8 than on any other M

cheers
Lluis


El 16/04/2011, a las 9:27, afirkin at afirkin.com escribi?:

> recently I grabbed the 'black' M8 and 75 lux for a trip to Port  
> Fairy. I
> forgot it did not focus all that well: needs adjustment. So I was  
> shooting
> the artists slowly changing the focus from the rangefinder  
> suggestion to a
> bit closer bit by bit, taking shots with each 'guesstimate' Missed a  
> lot
> of good shots, but got others ;-)
>
> I don't have an issue when the rangefinder is 'tuned' to the lens.
>
> Alastair
>
>> Really Frank?
>>
>> A Summilux 75 is more difficult to focus than a Nocti (both wide  
>> open) ?
>>
>> I've never tried a Nocti, I love the fine focusing of pictures I've
>> saw from Steve, Rei and others, as well the creamy effect, and I
>> usually discarded it from my thaughts thinking that it would be very
>> difficult to focus, I use the Lux 75, it is not easy properly focus  
>> at
>> 1.4 but not impossible.
>>
>> Saludos
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 11/04/2011, a las 14:35, Frank Dernie escribi?:
>>
>>>
>>> On 11 Apr, 2011, at 12:41, Vick Ko wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I've been playing with my DMR with the 80mm f1.4.
>>>>
>>>> I'm finding it a lot more difficult to use and capture proper focus
>>>> at f1.4 than I expected.
>>>>
>>>> Is the dof of an 80mm at f1.4 thinner than the dof of a 50mm at  
>>>> f1.4?
>>>
>>> Yes, noticeably.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And is this typical of what people found, using their rf 75mm
>>>> Summiluxes - very difficult to capture proper focus?
>>>
>>> More difficult than a Noctilux, but not impossible.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suppose it didn't help, trying to photograph a 7 month old boy,
>>>> who doesn't quite understand sitting still yet   :-)
>>>
>>> Fast lenses wide open with children is a 1 in 50 strategy...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vick
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
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