Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you use eyepiece correction lens with your bifocals? ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica/Digital - heresy? > While I won't for a second disagree about the ultimate superiority of the R8/9 viewfinder, I will say that I have had no problem with autofocus wide open with fast lenses - having extensively used both a 28 and 85 1.4 on the Nikon F100. The fastest available lens for the E-1 at this point is an f2, which has some issues - not related to use wide open, but I've had no problems using the 2.8s wide open with autofocus. > > But I don't have young, or particularly terrific eyes - I'm 58 in two weeks and I wear bifocals - and I find that when I need or want to manually focus my DSLR it's easy to do. Again, would as large and bright a viewfinder as that in the Rs be nice? Absolutely. But as I said, you get used to the alternative pretty quickly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:00 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica/Digital - heresy? > > > B. D. Colen8/12/04 > > >be some initial viewfinder shock. But you do get used to it pretty > >quickly. > > Perhaps if you have young eyes. > Perhaps if you rely on auto-focus. > > However, with my eyes and the R8 I can focus almost any lens accurately in reasonable light. > > Whereas I cannot reliably focus the 10D even with the 80 1.4. > > I think that we'd all agree that AF is not reliable at large apertures. > > This viewfinder issue, as Doug H. has said more than once, seems rather significant to my way of working, at my age. > > And I believe that Nikon and Canon don't really care much about it because they believe everyone will want and rely on AF. > > Fond regards, > > G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist? > > <?>Peace<?> <?>Harmony<?> <?>Stewardship<?> > > Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways > since 1975 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > web <www.imagist.com> > eMail george@imagist.com > voice 262 241 9375 > fax 262 241 9398 > Lotter Moser & Associates > 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >