Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best answer is to use an R camera (e.g., R8) and an f/1.4 Summilux lens. It is real easy to focus on A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Vertical, horizontal, repeating, plain, rough, smooth, whatever. At f/1.4, it really "snaps" into focus. Even in dim light. Jim At 04:52 PM 5/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >Brougham jotted down the following: > >> This reminds me... I had a hard time focusing my M6 this past week. >> My subject was a dozen or so vertical pipes that were part of a >> sculpture. I had a really hard time telling which pipe was being >> superimposed on which pipe in the rangefinder. > >Repeating patterns are very tricky with the rangefinder. When I encounter >such situations, I do one of three things: > > * Try and find the edge of the pattern, or some part of it, which > is unique and focus on that. Then perhaps adjust a little if I > can figure out the difference between the distance to that and > the distance to the part I'm primarily interested in. Basically, > what you did. > > * Use sufficient DOF to capture the area and scale focussing. > > * Pull out an SLR. > >The M is good, but not for everything. > >M. > >-- >Martin Howard | >Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | People don't like to be parameters >email: howard.390@osu.edu | in an equation. >www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > >