Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If memory serves it was shoot st f8. At close focus dof is minimal whatever the aperture. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 1:49 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Gorgeous! I believe it was shot at at least 5.6, am I wrong? > Focus is then less of a problem I guess. > > Amities > Philippe > > > Le 12 avr. 2018 ? 18:55, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > > ?crit > : > > > > Back again, this example is the 21 SA F3.4 at close focus(12 inches) I > > think it holds up pretty well for use on a mirrorless camera. What I > will > > say is that like most older designs the transition to sharpest focus is a > > very long smooth place making it difficult to find exact focus. I find > > that this is one of the issues preventing people from enjoying legacy > > lenses; some of them are very difficult to find exact focus. > > > > On the other hand the old FD mount L lenses snap into focus wonderfully > as > > do the Nikon ED telephotos. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Pink+Dogwood+20mm.jpg.html > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information