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Subject: [Leica] Mark's 5.6 and be there
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 11:05:01 -0400
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I agree.  Leica viewfinders are easier to focus than any other I have tried.

Tina


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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