Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Schliesser wrote: > > >If you work with a SLR long enough you will learn to focus in the > >proper direction. I have at least. > > Duane, > > I know which way to turn the helical on my SLR to focus closer or farther > away. My point was that you don't always know which way you need to go. > If your subject is slightly out of focus, how do you know if you are > focused too close or too far? If the background or foreground is sharper, > you can tell, but this means you need to study the viewfinder image > first. If you have an isolated subject, I can't see any way that you > would automatically know which way to turn the lens. > > On a rangefinder camera, however, the offset of the rangefinder patch > always tells you if you are too close or too far away. > > - Paul So what's the big deal? Jack