Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow. Thanks Henning. I wasn't expecting that; only thought focus peaking was available with the EVF. Thanks very much, Bob On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > Both. > > > On 2013-03-13, at 3:53 PM, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Henning, > > Is this on the LCD back panel or the optional EVF? > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > Bob Adler > > > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > wrote: > > > >> Yes, there is. The little button on the front where the film rewind > thingie was, when pressed in when Live View is enabled, will magnify with > variable magnification and focus peaking. It doesn't work all that well > with the Noctilux (focus peaking) as the lens doesn't have enough contrast > at f/1. Also, the focus peaking is too coarse to work with extremely wide > angle lenses. You're much better off using the rangefinder with those. > >> > >> Henning > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2013-03-13, at 3:01 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> hi Henning, with manual focus, is there some form of magnification to > assist focus? > >>> > >>> > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> This shot was taken with the M240 and 75mm Summilux at f/1.4 (EXIF > notwithstanding) and processed in LR4 with auto WB. No noise reduction > used. > >>>> > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437.jpg.html > >>>> > >>>> Here is a center crop: > >>>> > >>>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437crop.jpg.html > >>>> > >>>> No sharpening, no noise reduction, just crop and export from LR4 > >>>> > >>>> As I mentioned before, I believe this is better than the M9 can do at > ISO 1250. > >>>> > >>>> Henning Wulff > >>>> henningw at archiphoto.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler