Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am very happy for Tina. I am also trying to remember who said Sharpness in photographs is a bourgeois concept. And I am also reminded that people who dogmatically state One Size Fits All are almost always wrong. Tina, drink some good Italian wine for us.....and IIRC the ice cream is pretty good too. --Bob p.s. Don't we have any LUGers in Italy? On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > It sounds like Tina has had good information and a solution from her > Optomertrist/Opthamologist. Fancy that, asking an expert with specialised > knowledge was helpful;-) > Keep in mind also that Ted has kept shooting for 60 years with Leica and he > has only one functional eye. > Never give up with what you really want to do, we can all agree on. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 30 October 2013 23:42, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > I have to agree with Jayanand... There is a point when you have no > choice. > > It is AF or get another job/hobby. > > > > The pitiful part is that it is inevitible.... > > > > I thought at age 35 that I could no longer focus my Canon F1 camera with > > accuracy. My eyes had changed. Dumped all the Canon stuff and bought a > > Nikon 8008. AF splendor, I thought. Then I tried it out and in bright > > daylight, with little reason for focus errors, I found the camera would > not > > perform as well as I had without AF. Over time, got rid of all the AF > > stuff > > ( my sons swiped most of it) and went Leica. > > > > I am 30 years older, and having the same doubts... Part of the reason I > am > > considering Nikon AF again. > > > > When you look at the results out there, sharp images, there seems to be > no > > reason to not use AF..... Yes, it requires a different technique than a > RF, > > but really, not too different from rudimentary AF systems( 1 patch of > > focus). > > > > Inevitable means it is going to happen.. the issue is when and how much > you > > fight it..... > > > > I was always told that it is best to go out at the top of your game..... > > AF > > allows you to extend that game time. > > > > Even if it is at Leica S2 prices. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > Well, Jeff said the same thing as I did...and finally it is the only > > permanent, practical solution. I have gone through this whole dance 10 > > years > > ago. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >