Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. Leica viewfinders are easier to focus than any other I have tried. Tina On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Aram Langhans wrote: > > >>> > Yet, my eyes have reached a point that for anything not very > static, I cannot focus manually with any kind of a success rate in the > viewfinders designed for these new cameras. Even if I glance at the focus > conformation light if there is time, the hit rate wide open is fairly poor. > There is too much slop in that light for manual focus wide open. So I tend > to use the Leica glass for stationary things only. Darn 62 year old > eyes..... > <<< > > Darn modern viewfinders. My 61-year-old eyes can still focus an active > subject with the R8 viewfinder. It's also much easier to focus R APO > lenses than comparable non-APO lenses. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com