Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Art, If you have access to the relevant equipment, you can convince yourself that for anything under 50mm the rangefinder is far better. Focusing my 19mm Elmarit R on either the SL or the R8 is such a pain in the neck that most of the time I just estimate the distance. On the other hand, focusing the 24mm Elmarit M on my M6 is pure joy, as is focusing the Noctilux on my M3. Nathan Peterson Arthur G NSSC wrote: > I don't know, and so can only presume John is right, that the "M rangefinder > is more accurate than a SLR at 50mm." But my question is this: given the > fact that with an SLR one is actually looking through the lens at (almost > always) full aperture, does it not then stand to reason that an SLR would be > able to focus any lens, of whatever focal length and whatever maximum > aperture, with sufficient accuracy for that particular lens? I'm not being > argumentative, just asking what seems like a reasonable question. > > Art Peterson > Alexandria, Virginia - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman