[Leica] the SL: first month

[Paul Roark]

​Tina,

Is the lens wide open for viewing even if you have f/8 set on the aperture?

With the traditional SLR, the lens remains wide open for viewing and
focusing.  Then it's stopped down only for the shot.  Obviously for an SLR
this makes viewing brighter (not an issue for a mirrorless TTL camera) and
it also makes the DOF much narrower for easier focusing (may be an issue
with the mirrorless models).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com​

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> No, the lens is not stopped down for AF.  There may be some way you can
> program it to do that if you want to.  I have not experimented with all of
> the programming options.  When I press the shutter half-way down for
> auto-focusing, the aperture does not change.
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Paul Roark wrote:
> >
> > >>>
> >  Does the Leica SL do its auto focusing with the lens stopped down the
> way
> > the Sony does it?  When I look at the lens aperture from the front, I see
> > just a very small additional opening of the iris when I hit the AF on the
> > Sony.
> > <<<
> >
> > Not having an AF lens I can't answer this question.  Tina?
> >
> > Doug Herr
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