Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 5/25/00 2:58:29 PM, s_lamb@compuserve.com writes: << When you are using the Noctilux in very low light, how do you focus the thing when you can hardly see the subject. I ask this because I was trying to take some indoor shots with Scala at 1600 in very low light using my 50mm f/2 and, although I could get an exposure at 1/8 sec @ f/2, I could not see the subject well enough to know if I had proper focus on it. Is the f/1 Noctilux that much brighter that focusing is easier? >> I must be missing something here. How does lens speed have any effect on focusing EASE with a rangefinder. The need for greater focusing accuracy I can understand but since you're not looking through the lens it doesn't matter if you're using an f 1.0 or an f 11 -- does it? My viewfinder looks the same no matter what lens I'm using . . . Bob (that Noctilux must be something) McEowen