Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram Langhans wrote: >>> Yet, my eyes have reached a point that for anything not very static, I cannot focus manually with any kind of a success rate in the viewfinders designed for these new cameras. Even if I glance at the focus conformation light if there is time, the hit rate wide open is fairly poor. There is too much slop in that light for manual focus wide open. So I tend to use the Leica glass for stationary things only. Darn 62 year old eyes..... <<< Darn modern viewfinders. My 61-year-old eyes can still focus an active subject with the R8 viewfinder. It's also much easier to focus R APO lenses than comparable non-APO lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com