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Subject: [Leica] I can manually focus more precisely than my A7.......
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:14:01 -0700
References: <004d01d17db6$a9433950$fbc9abf0$@verizon.net>

Get a Leica 240...
?

Bob Adler
Robert Adler Photography
www.robertadlerphotography.com

> On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:59 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I took my A7 with kit 28-70 lens out yesterday for a spin.  Decided it was
> easier to take a AF kit rather than some other combination.
> 
> Mistake.
> 
> 
> 
> I had the A7 out a few weeks ago with Leica glass.  Sharp as it gets.  MF
> was accurate ( magnified view).  ALL the shots were in focus...
> 
> 
> 
> Yesterday's results were less sharp. AF error?  ( shot at F8...! with
> electronic first shutter curtain)..  And slower than I rememnber....
> 
> 
> 
> Next time my beloved Leica Optics will be used. not as fast as AF, but AF
> speed is not necessarily the panacea. focus inaccuracy is just plain
> unacceptable to me... 
> 
> 
> 
> Of course, it could be the lens is just not as good as my Leica 
> optics...and
> I am confusing focus accuracy with optical resolution...
> 
> 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> 
> Frank Filippone
> 
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
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