Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 > From: "Peter Shier" <pshier@mindspring.com> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Shooting children with M6 -- HELP > When the action is serious (sports, running around > outside etc.) then I pull out the F5 with a fast zoom lens, fast auto focus, > fast motor drive, and aperture priority. IMHO the M6 just isn't made for > that kind of stuff. >Peter Re this and other posts on focusing, I haven't used an F5 (which I hear has great AF), but I find it easier to get focus with an M than with the EOS 1 I use at work. After getting too many out of focus shots at basketball games (in both MF and AF), now I like to shoot with an M4-2, winder, and 90mm f2. SHARP pictures! And no shutter delay. I've played with a friend's G2, but it didn't seems as quick and positive as a Leica. As an aside to new users, back in 1973 it took me a year of using my M3 to get completely comfortable with rangefinder focusing, but now it's second nature. Another thing to notice is, if you have a Leica lens with focusing tab, that the secondary image seems to pivot on the lens axis, i.e. pushing the lever left moves the image right, etc. This gets to be automatic and fast. Just what works for me. Alan Magayne-Roshak M's forever!