[Leica] the SL: first month

[Paul Roark]

So, when you look at the lens when at f/22, the iris is closed down to that
aperture.  In a traditional SLR, the lens would be wide open -- not so with
the mirrorless cameras, as far as I know.

What I'm trying to determine is whether, like the Sony, the SL is doing its
focusing at the shooting aperture, and not wide open.

Paul
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Yes, I put it in A mode and the view in the viewfinder stays the same no
> matter what aperture is set.  It's just as bright at f22 as it is at f2.8.
> Is that what you mean?
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ​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
> > > > Birdman of Sacramento
> > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> > > > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
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