Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Naptime
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:07:23 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Naptime 

>Because I was intrigued by your comment about the perception of a close 
>focusing distance, I walked down the street to the same location from where 
>I had photographed the "Naptime"
>image, and focused the M8+90mm on the car that was parked there this 
>morning. 

>The distance scale of the Elmarit 90 does not show any discrete values 
>between 25' and infinity. The focusing distance was a bit more than 25'. 

>Oliver 
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Original text referenced:

Alan wrote: 

I also love this.   
You must have been focused at 2'.   
And this is one case where color does captures the sole  ;~) 
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Ummm,  

focused at 2'  = two FEET       ;~)

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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