Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shooting children with M6 -- HELP
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:21:23 -0500

Rick Dykstra jotted down the following:

> One trick is to move your body back and forth to achieve fine focus,
> instead of trying to follow focus by twisting the lens barrel.  That is,
> if you have already focussed, and then your subject leans back away from
> the camera, just lean towards them to the same amount and the focus will
> be correct again.  This works much more quickly than trying to remember
> which way to spin the barrel

Also works best after a few shots of the single malt of your choice... ;)

M.
 
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