Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lea, I think you can become quicker at focusing if you'll take a moment to sit down and look at the markings on your lenses. All of the Leica lenses that I know and use are all set up with their markings in a 1/4 turn of the focusing ring. Older lenses usually have a 1/2 turn of the focusing ring. Look at all of your lenses and I'll bet that they all fall into one category. The trick is this - learn where the distances are on your lenses and you can almost set focus without looking through a viewfinder. That is the beauty of a Leica. Some of my gear is newer and some is very old. I KNOW that the people that used this gear in the 40's and 50's learned that. If you play with a screw-mount Leica with a window for focusing and a window for viewing a 50mm lens and then another viewfinder for all your other lenses....I think you'll figure out that they had to KNOW where the lens turned to focus at a certain distance. Hope this helps you. Donald Waller - --------- In a message dated 3/10/03 1:11:15 AM, owner - -leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << > OH MY GAWD I suck focusing with my M6. Over 2 years with it and I'm still so > blasted slow. I am young (under 40) with good eyes (even though I wear > contacts and glasses) and I take for flippin' ever to focus...with or > without the viewfinder magnifier. > > I just can't believe I'm the only one with this problem...or the only one > who has encountered it. What have others done to get faster? I'm open to all > suggestions (short of selling the camera!). > > Suggestions gladly read. > Lea >> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html