Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1994/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first negatives I've seen from my G1 make me wonder about the focusing accuracy at relatively long distances (>15') in dim light. Pictures taken at distances of that order with the 90mm lens in dim room light (about 1/25 @f2.8 in ISO400) were not in focus. There is a red light on the front of the G1 that blinks to increase the illumination on a dimly lit subject to aid focusing, but of course the usefulness of the light is much diminished as distance increases. To say nothing of the attention that a flash of red light gets.... I finally contacted the single person in charge of "technical information" at Yashica (Contax) in N.J.; he couldn't explain how the autofocus worked, except that it was contrast-sensitive. Jeff