Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-12-18-09:25:05 Tina Manley: > M's are just not the best tool for close focusing anyway. You have to > worry about parallax and framing. Get an R6.2 or R8 and use the wonderful > 100 or 60 Macro lenses if you want to get closer than a meter. ...just not in the dark. I've been using Ms so steadily for the last 10 years or so, I've gotten used to the notion that I should be able to focus precisely in hardly any light. Recently, I've kind of been forcing myself to use an R some, because I don't want to be in a rut. (And it's helpful to see what the lens is actually doing to the image when things get wide, and the 19/2.8 is just awe-inspiring.) So I casually took an R8 and the 19 to a moodily-lit indoor event I would've ordinarily taken an M to... had absolutely no clue where I was focusing. Damn. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html