Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ryan it's a lovely shot. Kids are a great reason to have a great camera and practice with it a lot. On photographing faces, the near eye is a classic focus point. After that it is all about depth of field of course. Easier said then done with moving subjects. It sounds like you are on track though. With kids it helps to be action director and master communicator as well as photographer. Regarding dioptre correction eyepieces and magnifiers, it's a little complicated but it helps to think of the magnifier making the rangefinder patch and frame lines larger (thus accuracy is increased) and the dioptre is to change the focus (at what distance the sharpest plane is). The eyepieces are expensive and not common to find to try out. If you wear glasses and have distance and reading corrections, the distance is the one you want. Your age (ability to accommodate focus shift) and any additional correction for astigmatism can affect what works best for you too. The best way to work out what is most suitable with or without glasses (if anything) is to go to your optometrist ideally to try looking through your viewfinder with different test lenses. You might be able to try with those cheap reading glasses with marked dioptres too. Mit freundlichen Gruessen Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman