Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even then I set to infinity, I have a decent idea how much to turn the focus ring for rough focus ;-) I am not a fan of hyper-focal distance, never as sharp as correctly focussed IME...... john ________________________________________ Well, if time is really a concern for street photography for instance, setting the shutter at 125th, glueing the focus round 4m and the aperture at 5.6, and leaving autoISO do its job is the way to go with modern cameras, as per Mark ;-) But I bet your style of photography allows for longer and more careful focusing :-) Loctite Philippe Le 22 nov. 2014 ? 08:49, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> a ?crit : > My M lenses are reset to infinity after a shot, always know which way to > focus ;-) > > john > ________________________________________ > > > Was it not Ted who suggested a couple of years back that you should > defocus prior to rising the camera to your eye, and then stop focus as > soon as it gets sharp? > I used the trick quite a bit and it always worked on the Leica Rs and 24mm > I had. > Then if you also close down a bit you're definitely on the safe side :-) > > I'm now mostly an AF guy, but Ted's experience and mine might help you :-) > > No aspirin today Philippe > > > Le 22 nov. 2014 ? 01:29, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > >> >>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Steve: Are you telling me, as a Doctor, that I should take 2 aspirin and >>> stop worrying? >> >> >> one may be a bit too much.... >> >> the paradox re focussing with an EVF, is that the lenses that are always >> in focus, are the hardest to focus, and the lenses that are the hardest >> to focus, are easy to focus... >> >> yes, yes it's true... >> >> (maybe we need to share those asprins...) >> >> steve >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Steve Barbour >>> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 3:25 PM >>> To: Leica LUG >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] EVF cameras and especially non native lenses..... >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have been on the hunt for my "ideal" camera. >>>> The Nikon D7100 is pretty good, lenses that are light in weight are >>>> pretty marginal in performance. ( relative to Leica lenses) and it >>>> does not offer a EVF. >>>> The Fuji XE-1 is pretty great, but the smaller sensor is not quite as >>>> useful as a FF sensor would be, for WA lenses. I routinely shoot with >>>> the WATE and a 21. >>>> I was lucky enough to get a used A7 from a friend of a Lugger recently. >>>> Bolted on a Leica 24 mm lens and went a shootin.... >>>> What I have noted is that as a WA shooter, it is really pretty hard to >>>> focus precisely >>> >>> only because it's almost always in focus.... >>> >>> >>> s >>> >>> >>> >>>> , due to the great DOF WA lenses offer.... Even magnifying the EVF, >>>> the real plane of focus hardly is obvious.... Of course, the DOF >>>> helps to get well focused images even if the precise focus plane is >>>> not right on the money. >>>> >>>> My M ( put in a number here) never did this.. it was always as easy or >>>> as hard to focus, no matter what lens. And ewhen in calibration, it >>>> absolutely put the focus plane where it should have been, according to >>>> the >>> VF. >>>> >>>> A Native Sony lens on this camera would be no easier to manually >>>> focus, an AF Lens would be trivial..... >>>> I am learning a lesson.... My "ideal" camera has yet to be >>>> invented......or at least, it would need new AF lenses to go with.... >>>> >>>> I am somewhat inspired to say that the M (Type 240) is as close, on >>>> specs, to "ideal" as can be gotten..... >>>> EVF when you need it, Optical RF when you need it... best of both >>>> worlds..... >>>> >>>> Then again, I have said that before, different camera, same words...... >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> Red735i at verizon.net >>>> >>>>