Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Peter, Thanks for the additional clarification. I'm still not sure that I understand your point, but I do see a quality of dimensionality in many of my Leica photos that like. However, I'm not clear how the method of adjusting the rangefinder is related to this 3-D quality that is found in the negative. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson ++++++++++ Peter K. wrote: Joe, Of course lighting has much to do with it, but lighting aside, when you calibrate the rangefinder in a camera such as the Leica M, you set a close focus point, distant point, and intermediate point. These attributes provide a "tunneling effect" which are partially the reason Leica cameras produce a "roundness" or 3-D effect. Much different from a SLR. In a sense when the rangefinder is set properly you gain a perspective of depth-of-field. Peter K