Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, it is often easier to focus with a rangefinder in dim light...BUT...last night I was playing around with my old Olympus OM equipment - which my daughter has had and seriously neglected for a number of years - and low and behold! I found focusing the 20 f 2 just as easy in dim room light as focusing the M - which has a great deal to do with two things - one, a 45 degree angle split screen rangefinder, and two, the fact that everything is in focus from about six feet out...so the only focusing necessary is close... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of tOM Trottier Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:53 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [lens] RE: [Leica] shot not possible with digital Well, it often pays to have a quiet camera instead of a floppity-flop SLR with whining motor drive. Easier to focus with a rangefinder, too, in dim light. tOM On Friday, October 24, 2003 at 17:15 Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > Looks like your camera was a bit below the belt. > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 5:04 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] shot not possible with digital > > Nice shot, BD. Is the tilt a special digital feature or a consequence > of several pints? > ;-)) > > Nathan > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > Olympus E-1, DSLR - 28-110 zoom - ISO 800 - f 2.8 at 1/15th of a > > second > > - on a moving subway train.... > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-54845.html > > > > This suggestion that you need an M or people will freak out and > > point at your camera is such horseshit people who claim it should be > > required to clean up after themselves with a shovel. Yes, the M's a > > wonderful camera. And, yes, you can usually hand hold it at slower > > speeds than you can hand hold any SLR. But I have NEVER had people > > react differently to me when shooting with an SLR than they do with > > shooting with an M. I'd suggest the important thing is how the > > photographer handles him or herself, not what he or she shoots with. > > ;-) - ---- Abacurial Information Management Consultants ---- Tom A. Trottier, President http://abacurial.com 758 Albert St, Ottawa ON Canada K1R 7V8 N45.412 W75.714 +1 613 860-6633 fax:+1 775 307-4133 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin - -- 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