[Leica] Mark's 5.6 and be there

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

I had a lot of trouble focusing the 35-70 f4 lens, and I was using an 
R9.  Did come to the conclusion it was me, not the lens.

Ended up finding new homes for both.

Vick


On 20/05/2013 10:42 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Ditto with the 100 APO Macro and the 35-70/4.  Since moving from the 
> R8 to digital, that is one thing I have yet to get use to; the need to 
> stop down to get decent results from a lens I have paid over 1 grand 
> for.  Probably a factor in that I am mostly using Nikon zoom lenses, 
> but the Leica 35-70/4 performs exceedingly well wide open.  My Nikon 
> 24-120/4 needs to be at f-11 on the long end to give any satisfactory 
> results.  Forget f-4, or f-5.6 or even f-8.  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.....
>
> Aram