Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing lag time with Leicas
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 19:27:37 -0700

Do you mean, if the model is centrally located in the frame, to
compose the way I want the image, then focus on whatever is in
the center, then shoot?

At 07:46 AM 5/23/98 -0500, Eric Welch wrote:
>At 10:23 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>Am I just not up to par on focusing speed yet?  Do I just need more practice
>>or am I being too much of a perfectionist to want 3 or 4 out of 5 photos to 
>>be perfect?  What do the rest of you consider to be acceptable?
>
>When you switch from one system to another, it takes time to get used to
>them. And AF can make you lazy (it did me to a certain extent, but since I
>used Leicas for over 10 yeras before, it came back to me quickly). So it
>could take time to get focusing speed up. 
>
>One more tip I didn't put in the private message: with the M6, pick
>something on the model that is the same distance as her eye, and focus on
>that. Then you don't have to recompose tp shoot. Just focus and shoot. I
>can do what you are describing in about three seconds or less, but with
>this method, it's as fast as an SLR. You perfect count should go up
>dramatically.
>--
>
>=========
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>
>They don't let my code go into shipping products," Bill Gates said. "They
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> 


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