Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gulp! It's hard for me to picture that, but I have read enough on the list to respect what you say. I find I can focus on something with shine or glimmer to it, but a child's face is more difficult to hit spot on. I often vary by a foot or two when I try to repeat focus on the same face from about 12 feet. I'm going to try at the school again tomorrow and practice on my wife and puppy dog (not to equate the two) while at home. Now I don't know if my skill levels are too low or my M6 desires are too high. You've put the pressure on me now :) No matter what my decision, I will try to improve my focusing technique. Ted also indicated to me earlier today that he has done similar focusing successfully. But, just between us, wouldn't even adept professionals find it much easier and faster to get indoor candids of small children with the M? Thanks for your information. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6 sometime around 12/15/99 12:46 PM, Julian Koplen at jkoplen@mindspring.com was heard to write: > > Of course, Ted is telling me that maybe I can focus indoors adequately with > my present Summicron-R lenses. I have the 50 and the 35 f/2 R lenses. I > confess that I have not given that a real trial. Shoot, Julian, I used to use the 35 Summilux R in low light indoors. Focusing was a challenge when the light was 1.4 at 1/4 second, but in hand-holdable situations, the Summlux was fine to focus. So the Summicron shouldn't be too much harder, maybe easier. The R8's viewfinder is much brighter than my R4s of the time were. - -- Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch Zen master to hotdog vendor. "Make me one with everything."