Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For what ever it's worth: One of the best pieces of general photo advice posted on the LUG in the 9 months or so that I've been here came from Ted Grant - of course - and regarded focusing: Keep your lens focused at or near infinity, and then when you home in on a subject, focus in closer. I'm not quite sure why this helps, but it really does speed up the focusing process and greatly reduce see-sawing. I don't have a Noctilux or the 75, but I do have a 35 Summilux and the 90 Summicron, and find that out-of-focus images has really ceased to be a problem. Well, pretty much ceased to be a problem... ;-) B. D. At 01:49 PM 4/15/99 -0700, you wrote: >Jim, > >Do you focus and stop at first pass of lining up the image, or do you "seesaw" as another person on the LUG stated as needed on the R system? I'm not sure it makes a difference, but I thought this was discussed some months ago. Like Mikiro, I have trouble getting sharp images at f1.4, mainly when using the subject's "forward eye" as the focus point. > >John > >At 01:15 PM 04/15/1999 -0700, you wrote: >>I must have a "special" M6. I use my 75/1.4 at f/1.4 a lot. That's why I >>have the bloody thing. And I DO NOT ever have a focusing problem. Whatever >>it is that you line-up them little windows on, is gonna be sharp. Really >>sharp. Period. >> >>Jim >> >> >>At 01:42 PM 4/15/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>it's probably that the M6 can't focus a 75 at 1.4...oops, the >>>company forgot to tell you that....sorry..... >>>BTW, it can't do much better with a 90 @ f2....they forgot >>>to tell you that, too... >>>That's why God made Nikons....;) :) :) >>> >>>Walt >> >