[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[Tina Manley]

If I'm going to have to focus manually, I'd rather use the Leica.  The only
reason I have the Fuji is for the auto-focus.  I hate that camera.

Tina

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
wrote:

> It may be an obvious answer, but why did you not use the lens on manual
> focus?
>
> Gerry
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 1 Sep 2015, at 16:51, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > PESO:
> >
> > My Nikon LS5000 is still broken and I haven't been able to get my Imacon
> to
> > work yet.  I have several thousand more negatives to scan.  This morning
> I
> > tried using the Fuji X-Pro 1 and a macro lens with my Beseler Slide
> > Duplicator but I couldn't get the autofocus to work at all.  So I got out
> > my M240 and used it with the 100 Macro lens and the EVF.  It's very
> > difficult for me to focus manually but that seems to be the only choice
> > right now!
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/161174100
> >
> > What do you think?  Worth working with or not?
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > www.tinamanley.com
> > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>



-- 
Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html