Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:00 AM 2/24/97 +0545, you wrote: >Greetings, > > I like the idea of tricks/methods of using the M Leica. I always >set my lens to infinity after taking a shot as then I know that I only have >to turn the lens in one direction in order to focus. This has another advantage too. When focusing a rangefinder camera, you should start either at infinity or the closest setting, and move the ring in one motion until the two images coincide--do not rack it back and forth, as you might with an SLR, to improve the focus. The reason this works, I understand, is due to the nature of the mechanical linkage between lens and rangefinder--racking it back and fortyh produces inaccuracies. This advice appeared recently on the Mamiya website (re the Mamiya 6 and 7), and the person who gave it, a tech services person, identified himself as an old Leica user. But I've heard this before, and try to practice it.--Charlie Charles E. Love, Jr. CEL14@CORNELL.EDU