Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1993/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>1. I find it very difficult to focus on anything moving towards >me (specially our ten-month-old son.) Does anyone have any special >tricks or is it practice, practice, practice? Have his mother hold him (that's what I do, anyway). If you are not familiar with rangefinder focusing (as seems to be the case), then a little more experience will help. Note that you can use the edges of the rangefinder patch just like an SLR split image. At medium distances the Leica is a much more precise focusing tool than any SLR, and it lets you know it; this may be why you feel that focusing is more difficult. >2. I constantly mess up with "peripheral vision" when composing, ie, >the stuff on the edge of the frame. Either I'll cut off something >good or include something bad. This one is practice, practice, practice, >for sure. > >When using my Canon AE1 SLR, these problems are not as frequent >(although focusing can be a problem in available light work.) > Well, it's curious. With the Leica you should have a much better idea of what is happening inside and outside the frame, and thus be able to check possible compositions more easily. Perhaps you are so used to using the whole frame to compose that you are ignoring the framelines that designate the actual picture taking area. -Darrell.