Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75'lux focusing
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:32:24 -0700

"Robert G. Stevens" wrote:
snip
> >I was impressed by the Noct. Shot of a girl on a swing someone here had
> >with Agfapan 25 and each eyelash doing its own number and nothing else
> >in focus at dusk.
snip
> MarK:
> 
> That was my shot of the baby.  It is on my Noctilux page.  A link to scan
> of the eye area is below as well.  I find all of the fast lenses hard to
> focus up close for people and I think it is because of movement after
> focusing.  If you move back eight feet or so things get much better.
> 
And realistically a kid on a swing would require an element of luck.
Thank god for roll film.
But I was impressed anyway. I think you anticipated and made luck run
your way.
Could autofocus have gotten it? I don't think quite yet. Maybe the Nikon
F6 or EOS 2001!
Mark Rabiner