Re: [Leica] film washing tips

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

Kyle,

Practice, pracctice. It'll come to you. With the 28 (and now the 24), I get
the focus in the ballpark through the camera's viewfinder, and then switch
to the auxilary viewfinder to frame the shot. Unless the distance to the
subject is radically altered after that, I don't worry too much about
re-focusing. The depth of field of both lenses takes care of it, unless
you're shooting wide open.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:32 AM
Subject: [Leica] film washing tips


> i'll add a bit of ob-leica content here to steer the arguments back in the
> right direction:
>
> i got a 28mm for my leica, finally. this weekend i had it on my m3 with
> the aux finder and had two unique experiences with it. i was at the car
> dealership buying a car and carefully documenting the event for whatever
> reason i doccument such stuff and i'm trying to take a picture of our car
> salesman trying to sell some snake-oil to my wife and i'm holding the
> camera to my eye, thinking "this is the tightest 28mm i've ever seen,
> goddamn it, what the hell is going on here?" and i'm backing up, backing
> up, trying to get everything in, it still seems oddly telephoto to me.
> finally, i back into a car and i can't get any further away and i'm
> thinking "damnit! this 28mm lens is _useless_ why i might as well be using
> a @#$@#$ing 50mm!" so i didn't take the shot. only about 5 minutes later
> did it occur to me that i needed to look through the aux finder to see the
> 28mm frame lines .... then, if _that's_ not bad enough, later in the day,
> i'm _AM_ looking through the aux finder, and i'm trying to FOCUS thinking
> "where the hell is the damn BOX? this damn camera won't focus for @#$!" i
> even checked to make sure my finger wasn't over the rangefinder
> window......
>
> this m3 is not for me, my friends.
>
> anybody want to swap for a bessa-r?
>
> kc
>