Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Robert G. Stevens" wrote: snip > >I was impressed by the Noct. Shot of a girl on a swing someone here had > >with Agfapan 25 and each eyelash doing its own number and nothing else > >in focus at dusk. snip > MarK: > > That was my shot of the baby. It is on my Noctilux page. A link to scan > of the eye area is below as well. I find all of the fast lenses hard to > focus up close for people and I think it is because of movement after > focusing. If you move back eight feet or so things get much better. > And realistically a kid on a swing would require an element of luck. Thank god for roll film. But I was impressed anyway. I think you anticipated and made luck run your way. Could autofocus have gotten it? I don't think quite yet. Maybe the Nikon F6 or EOS 2001! Mark Rabiner