Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:53 PM 5/7/98 -0400, you wrote: >Shot a few rolls this weekend, using my M6 >and several lenses, but mostly a 90mm. >My in-focus average was NOT good. > >This is probably the king of FAQ, but refresh >my memory. Do you focus the M6: > >1. Starting with the lens at near focus, moving out > or >2. starting with the lens at infinity, moving in? > >I'm wondering if I'm just doing it wrong? I have >been using method #1 (start closer than needed) > >Showing my Leica green-ness... >don ferrario > > I had more than my average share of blurred pics with my 90mm lens until I set the shutter speed to at least 1/125 sec. Better still at 1/250 sec.for a heavy lens like the 90 summicron. We tend to think that our hands are very steady. That is not always so in actual practice. Dan Khong