Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]a wonderful testament to feeling one's way through gear, subject, desired aesthetic, way of working locating the synchronicity and sticking with it. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 25, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > A rangefinder is not normally a good candidate for macro work, and > that > said, I do most of my flowers now with an M8, and before, with an > M6 and > M7. > > My most used lens is the 35mm Summicron, and I usually get to the > closest > focus point, then move in or out until the rangefinder indicates > focus, then > snap. > > It takes considerable cropping, but it seems to work for me. In > the past > I've used with varying success all manners of macro stuff, but > flowers seem > to enjoy the 35mm.