Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I have the Leica magnifier...and I do like it and believe it helps. My 35mm lens came with a focusing tab (maybe they all do?) but my 50mm did not. A fellow LUGite was kind enough to send me a tab which I epoxied to my brand new Summicron some time back. It does help to have that as a tactile reference for where the lens is focused. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica focusing...HELP! > did you consider a corrective lens in the eyepiece? > If you have a ?spherical? correction you could use those srew in types or is > it > ?planar? > apart from all the other excellent advice for me the rapidwinder helped > tremendously as well together with a 1.25 telescope in the ocular(is that a > word?). > You see i have a very strong (at long distance) left eye and a -1/4 right > but my right eye can not be corrected with a screw in type lens > so for moving things it,s great ,for me ,to be able to keep looking and > focusing especially in dim light. > I,m still not really good at it but improving > also on a really slow lens the arc the focusing ring turns through is large > so i find that some sort of device to receive feedback on its position like > a focusing tab makes life easier as well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelvin" <kelvinlee@pacific.net.sg> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:31 AM > Subject: [Leica] Leica focusing...HELP! > > > > RF cameras are best for lenses 50mm and wider, where you can rely on > > hyperfocus. It is inevitable that focus with longer lenses will be slower. > > > > Its the mindset that needs to change, more than the focus :) > > If you use 85mm and longer lenses regularly, you may want to consider an > > SLR instead which isn't all that much bigger , but easier to focus with. > > > > > > > lea wrote: > > > > > > > OH MY GAWD I suck focusing with my M6. Over 2 years with it and I'm > > still so > > > > blasted slow. I am young (under 40) with good eyes (even though I wear > > > > contacts and glasses) and I take for flippin' ever to focus...with or > > > > without the viewfinder magnifier. > > > > > > > > I just can't believe I'm the only one with this problem...or the only > > one > > > > who has encountered it. What have others done to get faster? I'm open > to > > all > > > > suggestions (short of selling the camera!). > > > > > > > > Suggestions gladly read. > > > > Lea > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html