Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, I'm sorry but you have now uttered blasphemy here and must be excommunicated from any connection with M's. ;-) You shall be shunned by true believers. Hoppy, Inquisitor. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Zeitlin Sent: Wednesday, 25 April 2007 13:56 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: Nocti focus shift On Apr 24, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Tom wrote: > Rather than jumping to the conclusion that the Noctilux is unusable > on the M8, perhaps adjusting one's technique in anticipation of the > problem is in order. You said as much yourself - instead of > focusing on the eyeball, focus on the tip of the nose when shooting > at f 2.0, for example. Like Ted practicing to "lead" the peak of > action when releasing the shutter in order to get the basketball in > the frame instead of p-shopping one in! Isn't this a good rationale for incorporating autofocus in the next iteration of the digital M camera? It could be accomplished by moving the sensor a millimeter or so after the lens was set to approximate focus. The old Contax SLR did it. Why not Leica. This would permit use of all Leica lenses. Of course you could turn it off it you truly wanted the eyes out of focus. Of course I don't have a Noctilux so the problem is just academic for me. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information