Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For Frank especially but to all the rest concerned about using a non M lens on the new M. Assuming and this is a large assumption that the new M works much like the Sony Nex the use of focus peaking is a real time affair. If you are using the LCD on the back it is fairly slow as you are trying to stabilize the camera while focusing and moving with the subject. Maybe for the twenty somethings who have grown up on the iphone but I can't do it well: it does work very well for considered subjects like landscape or still life where being able to step back and look at the image as if it were a ground glass on a view camera is very good for creativity. However, when you put a viewfinder on it, it works just as intuitively as any SLR ever made. Instead of looking for that magic when a ground glass snaps into focus you see a spot or an outline of the peaking color. For moderate speeds on your subject very easy to do. If we are talking about a careening 15 year old soccer player zigging down the field then there are better options called predictive AF. Your don't need the magnification as in the 4/3 system as that is a pretty clunky set up if things are moving around; too much changes in the image when you switch back and forth from magnified to non magnified, at least for me. Visit a stocking dealer and try out a Nex 5 or 7. I even think it is available on the newer A series cameras and give it a try. Like anything else not to everyones taste but worth looking at to make up your own mind. Thanks for listening. And in the spirit of Doc. Ted now go out and take some images; remember to bend your knees if your subject is six or younger. :) Don On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Scott Gregory <s_gregory1 at me.com> wrote: > Some folks may want to watch this interview, on the PHOTOKINA Floor, > literally with Stefan Daniel, talking to Thorsten Overgaard about the M's. > > > http://www.overgaard.dk/leica-M10-digital-rangefinder-camera-page-Leica-M10-Monochrome-Digital-Rangefinder.html > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com