Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] M Monochrom? That's so August 2012
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 07:28:09 -0700
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Oh, right.....

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


There are little twinkly lights in the vf to help focus manually

john

-----Original Message-----

If I were trying to get the most out of a Lens, holding the camera at arm's
length too see the live view is not on my list.  ( on a  tripod, OK....it
appears than as a LF camera....)

What focus aids are available????? ( I am sure my Son would like to know, he
has a D700....)

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


There are focus aids for MF lens plus live view

John

On 4/07/2012, at 5:10 PM, "Frank Filippone" 

> Will the D800e VF brightness and contrast allow you to MF with s high 
> degree of success?
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> I am thinking of buying the Nikon D800E.  It is a 36mp sensor, and if 
> I have done my arithmetic right that is a 30" wide print at 300 ppi.
> I am aware there is a possible hardware issue with auto focus, but I 
> was thinking of buying a few Leica R lenses for manual focus.  So I 
> was thinking I could get higher ISO's, longer lenses and some cropping
room
> if needed for a reasonable price, at least compared to an S2.   I tend 
> to shoot landscapes and static objects so auto focus is not that big 
> of a priority.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Ken
> 
> 

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