Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] I missed it.
From: "FRANKSTER" <biker@ionet.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:40:56 -0600

Paul:

I like to concur with Thomas. For the short time that I've owned my M-6, I
have found that by keeping the lens focused at infinity, focusing can be
achieved quickly by only having to turn the focusing ring in one direction.
I grabbed this idea from Jeff Dunas' site.

Regards
Frank Becsi
Tulsa, OK

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Wyse <joandtom@mtnhome.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] I missed it.


> A suggestion we received from Ted ( I sure wish he would come back) was to
> try to learn to leave your lens at infinity, the idea being you know
always
> which way to turn lens to focus...if you do this and use some of the
earlier
> ideas about learning to estimate how far to turn a lens to focus at a
given
> distance you will be much better off.
> tom
>
>