Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]AF can be a pain. I like it. But I often override it or turn it off. That light thing you for sure want turned off. The assist thing. It's the amateur light. Attracting attention and saying "I'm a dilettante who hasn't a clue nor care what I'm doing!!". - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:13:39 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M lenses now Richard's eyeballs > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> Other than eye disease there's no reason a photographer can't >> shoot his manual focus and rangefinder focus till he's a hundred years >> old. >> > > When my vision started clouding, I retreated to AF and was instantly > confused by all the ways you CAN auto-focus on one camera. > > Then I had to use little wheels and buttons to change things, and guess > which light in the viewfinder meant I was in focus. If I had the AF > confirmation turned on, everyone around me glared at me as my camera > whirred and beeped. > > >> The Leica rangefinder and viewfinder. Which is what Leica is all about. >> That >> and pie in the sky glass. >> > > No whirs and beeps when you focus. > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information