Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or as game theory suggests, there are three things to consider: You know what you know You know what you don't know And you don't know what you don't know On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 21, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > Steve: Are you telling me, as a Doctor, that I should take 2 aspirin and > > stop worrying? > > > one may be a bit too much.... > > the paradox re focussing with an EVF, is that the lenses that are always > in focus, are the hardest to focus, and the lenses that are the hardest to > focus, are easy to focus... > > yes, yes it's true... > > (maybe we need to share those asprins...) > > steve > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > > Of Steve Barbour > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 3:25 PM > > To: Leica LUG > > Subject: Re: [Leica] EVF cameras and especially non native lenses..... > > > > > >> On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > >> > >> I have been on the hunt for my "ideal" camera. > >> The Nikon D7100 is pretty good, lenses that are light in weight are > >> pretty marginal in performance. ( relative to Leica lenses) and it > >> does not offer a EVF. > >> The Fuji XE-1 is pretty great, but the smaller sensor is not quite as > >> useful as a FF sensor would be, for WA lenses. I routinely shoot with > >> the WATE and a 21. > >> I was lucky enough to get a used A7 from a friend of a Lugger recently. > >> Bolted on a Leica 24 mm lens and went a shootin.... > >> What I have noted is that as a WA shooter, it is really pretty hard to > >> focus precisely > > > > only because it's almost always in focus.... > > > > > > s > > > > > > > >> , due to the great DOF WA lenses offer.... Even magnifying the EVF, > >> the real plane of focus hardly is obvious.... Of course, the DOF > >> helps to get well focused images even if the precise focus plane is > >> not right on the money. > >> > >> My M ( put in a number here) never did this.. it was always as easy or > >> as hard to focus, no matter what lens. And ewhen in calibration, it > >> absolutely put the focus plane where it should have been, according to > the > > VF. > >> > >> A Native Sony lens on this camera would be no easier to manually > >> focus, an AF Lens would be trivial..... > >> I am learning a lesson.... My "ideal" camera has yet to be > >> invented......or at least, it would need new AF lenses to go with.... > >> > >> I am somewhat inspired to say that the M (Type 240) is as close, on > >> specs, to "ideal" as can be gotten..... > >> EVF when you need it, Optical RF when you need it... best of both > >> worlds..... > >> > >> Then again, I have said that before, different camera, same words...... > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> Red735i at verizon.net > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- Bob Adler