Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's not the entire story. It also depends on the distance to subject. On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Wow! > > Thanks Marty...., maybe it would be better never know this ... > > cheers > Lluis > > > El 13/04/2011, a las 0:02, Marty Deveney escribi?: > > > Yes, Lluis - the Nocti is definitely easier to focus than the Summilux 75. >> >> Marty >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Lluis Ripoll >> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Really Frank? >>> >>> A Summilux 75 is more difficult to focus than a Nocti (both wide open) ? >>> >>> I've never tried a Nocti, I love the fine focusing of pictures I've saw >>> from >>> Steve, Rei and others, as well the creamy effect, and I usually discarded >>> it >>> from my thaughts thinking that it would be very difficult to focus, I use >>> the Lux 75, it is not easy properly focus at 1.4 but not impossible. >>> >>> Saludos >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> El 11/04/2011, a las 14:35, Frank Dernie escribi?: >>> >>> >>>> On 11 Apr, 2011, at 12:41, Vick Ko wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> I've been playing with my DMR with the 80mm f1.4. >>>>> >>>>> I'm finding it a lot more difficult to use and capture proper focus at >>>>> f1.4 than I expected. >>>>> >>>>> Is the dof of an 80mm at f1.4 thinner than the dof of a 50mm at f1.4? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, noticeably. >>>> >>>> >>>>> And is this typical of what people found, using their rf 75mm >>>>> Summiluxes >>>>> - very difficult to capture proper focus? >>>>> >>>> >>>> More difficult than a Noctilux, but not impossible. >>>> >>>> >>>>> I suppose it didn't help, trying to photograph a 7 month old boy, who >>>>> doesn't quite understand sitting still yet :-) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Fast lenses wide open with children is a 1 in 50 strategy... >>>> >>>> >>>>> Vick >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]