Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: I think the distinction of difficult to focus is for full head and shoulder shots, rather than eight or ten feet away. I find that is the case with both the Noctilux and the 75mm Summilux. If you look at my Noctilux page, you will see that the pictures of Jennifer, Kim, and the unkonwn lady at the bottom have the point of focus at not the optimal spots. For example on Jennifer it is her eyebrow and the wisp of loose hair, rather than her eyelashes. In the Kim picture, it is focused just in front of his face as his leading shoulder is in focus. These are still acceptable pictures as was discussed earlier this week. The other pictures on the Noctilux page are well focues because I was futher away from the subject and the depth of field was not as shallow. This is probably why your shots are in focus. If you could get really close, you probably would have a wide angle on, not a telephoto. I would just say these lenses are hard to focus on moving objects when at their close working distance. In the case of my pictures of Jennifer and Kim, they moved an inch or two after I focused and before I released the shutter. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm Regards, Robert At 10:09 PM 3/4/99 -0600, you wrote: >At 01:40 PM 3/4/99 -0500, you wrote: >>and for those who can afford it, the 75 1.4 is probably the way to go >>to get speed and short tele...but...I don't find that when using B&W I have >>any real image quality problems with it...Does focusing take skill and >>practice? Absolutely. > >Yes, it can be a handful to focus. I photographed a memorial service this >morning for the principle of a middle school (grades 6-8) and it was in a >very dim gym. Got a wonderful picture at f/1.7 beautiful bokeh. Beautiful >light. What a lens! > >I think I've finally gotten used to the viewfinder, too! It's a great lens >for available light. I've been using it a lot wide open and at f/1.7 and >f/2 and it has yet to fail me, or be too difficult to focus. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >All generalizations are false. > > > > >