Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Several people have commented that they found the R8 hard to focus. Over a month ago, I was noticing I was getting more pictures in focus at basketball games with my R4sP than my R8, which I had a theory for. But I had to test it. Turns out that I had the R8s diopter setting wrong. One day in the middle of a basketball game, I recalibrated the diopter in the viewfinder and shot the rest of the game. I was amazed at how much better my focusing just got. So those who say they have a hard time focusing the R8, you might want to check to see if the viewfinder is adjusted right for your eyes. It made all the difference for me. Now I can use it tonight for a wild and wooly evening of photographing a picture page of professional wrestlers (I know, don't ask them if it's fake), regular size - and the vertically challenged wrestlers too. Then I'm going to ship it off to get the winder contacts fixed. :-) Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch - -The world's full of apathy, and I don't care.