Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Steve, I'll be trying that with the M as soon as I can. As you know, the further the subject from both the Nocti and 75, the easier it is to focus. I'm not sure I shared my images from last Saturday, many shot with the M + Nocti, but at a bit of a distance. Used the rangefinder only, but again not a true test as close focus with these lenses is where they are truly unique. www.rgaphoto.com/2013-Band When I next see Leo, I'll try the M+Oly EVF with these lenses (it can magnify 5X and 10X) and see what happens. My concern is only the VERY slight lag on the M where the shutter closes from liveview and then fires... Until then, good light! Bob Sent from my iPad > On Oct 2, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> On Oct 2, 2013, at 12:34 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >> >> >>> On Oct 2, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The Oly EVF because you can put it to your eye. Holding out an M at arms >>> length would be very awkward. >>> With a patterned surface, for example a road you can also see the exact >>> DoF >>> walking back and forth as you focus or change aperture (the focus peaking >>> display). >> >> Stick a noctilux on a Fuji x camera with EVF and magnification, >> Shoot at f1, your reliability of manual focus will exceed most. leica >> bodies.... >> s > > sorry John, I am not being very clear here trying to communicate. I am > sorry. My point actually is quite simple. Because of their narrow depth > of field wide open, a Noctilux and a Summilux 75mm/1.4 are the most > difficult to focus of all lenses when shot wide open at a subject that is > close. So yes, while they have prominent oof areas in the final image, > they are most unforgiving, and require the most accurate and careful focus > of all. Many of us find a significant miss rate on a Leica body, in my > experience from a M3 up to an M9. This may be due to a rangefinder not > perfectly adjusted for this purpose, or to our eyes, or to other random > errors. In my experience it is far easier to accurately and reliably focus > these lenses on an EVF with magnification, giving a hit rate of almost > 100% success. Even my recalibrated and adjusted (by DAG) M9, for my > Noctilux, does not even come close. So in terms of ease of use and > outcome, I am impressed by the results I obtain with an EVF > and magnification, shocked, as I had not expected this. Part of this is > due, no doubt, to the reality that you are focussing directly on something > that you see. With a rangefinder you are depending on a mechanical > linkage, to focus on an object presumed to be where your eye sees it, in > a separate window. > > Yes, it would be nice to have a "full size" sensor, nicer yet to have a > sensor 3x "full size"... but nicest of all to be able to focus truly > accurately, as well as quickly and reliably. > > Steve > > > > > >> >> john >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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