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Subject: [Leica] leica branded lenses
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Aug 26 21:40:03 2005
References: <BF34DA23.43F3%bdcolen@comcast.net> <200508261203150451.015B7056@smtp.telus.net> <F7221E89-97D0-42F6-A1C0-85E5411421A9@earthlink.net> <002301c5aa79$a6c6ac50$1ae76c18@ted>

Same here. I hardly ever stop down beyond f5.6.

Also, with the 1-series Canons and their better, brighter viewfinders 
(and interchangeable screens so you can one with a focusing aid) the 
option of using Leica glass is even more viable.

Nathan

Ted Grant wrote:

> feli asked :
> Subject: Re: [Leica] leica branded lenses
> 
> 
>> But what about the whole stop down metering thing? Sounds like a 
>> PIA...<<<
> 
> 
> Hi feli,
> It really isn't on the 20D, although I'd like a slightly bigger screen, 
> but what the hell it isn't there. It's not a big deal unless you're 
> going to stop down to 11 or 16 .
> 
> So far I've good focus success down to f8 and knowing what I want to 
> cover, in my case unless I require a deep depth of field I'm around 
> f4-5.6 and the 20D at those apertures is easy to focus. So the stopping 
> down becomes a mute point. Of course there'll be those who'll disagree 
> with me, but what the heck eh, that's life! ;-)
> 
> ted
> 
> 
> 
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