Re: [Leica] The 3D Efect

["Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>]

Dear Peter,

Thanks for the additional clarification. I'm still not sure that I
understand your point, but I do see a quality of dimensionality in many of
my Leica photos that like. However, I'm not clear how the method of
adjusting the rangefinder is related to this 3-D quality that is found in
the negative.
Sincerely,
Joe Stephenson

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Peter K. wrote:
Joe,
Of course lighting has much to do with it, but lighting aside, when you
calibrate the rangefinder in a camera such as the Leica M, you set a close
focus point, distant point, and intermediate point.  These attributes
provide a "tunneling effect" which are partially the reason Leica cameras
produce a "roundness" or 3-D effect. Much different from a SLR.  In a sense
when the rangefinder is set properly you gain a perspective of
depth-of-field.
Peter K