Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It works very well with both lenses, I have even shown shots of the Noctilux on a 10mm extension tube ;-) Start with 5x and see how you go... john > -----Original Message----- > > 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 EV > F > > 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 > >