Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't watch the focus peaking demo in the movie then! ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_4xHIqU4t8 It looks scary good in close! If the sensor in this thing is any good and it is as responsive as claimed, I'll buy one next year! Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 19 September 2012 13:37, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Dang. I've already sold all my children... > > Bob Adler > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > Robert Adler wrote: > > > >> It's a wonderful feature if you think about it. If your lens is finicky > >> about having to be exactly mated to the body (Noctilux/75 'lux), you > could > >> live with a little back or front focus. If you could see what was in > focus > >> with these red lines (let's say the pupil of an eye against the white of > >> the eye), just moving your head until the area you want in focus lights > up > >> would be terrific. Heck, even if your lens was perfectly mated, you'd > get > >> more in focus hits than before at wide open... > > > > And it works on every part of the picture, not just the central > rangefinder patch. No more focus-recompose and its inevitable errors. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >