Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too own the 24mm asph and your new found enthusiasm is justified. The lens is spectacular both in its image definition and its possibilities. The learning curve is steep, however as the perspective is much different than you're used to if you use a 35mm as your wide lens. This is soon overcome however , after about 3 rolls. I tend to set the scale on the hyperfocal distance and I've had great success with this method. The DOF is enormous so there is little danger in out of focus shots. Just experiment and you'll soon learn how to use it. Regards, Greg Achenbach - -----Original Message----- From: A. Huntley <prasepe@ibm.net> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 7:42 PM Subject: [Leica]24mm Lens >Fellow LUGgers, >Ran my first roll of film through the M6 today using my new 24mm Elmarit-M ASPH. Haven't even developed the film yet and I can tell already that I am going to really enjoy using this lens. Of course, it will take some time to learn how to effectively use the perspective and near-far relationships, but it seems that once you learn how to "nail it" the possibilities seem almost endless. A usage question for those of you out there with this lens (are you listening Tom?): the tremendous DOF of this lens is clearly visible while focussing with the rangefinder...do most of you focus for each shot? Zone focus? Set the hyperfocal distance for your chosen aperture and just keep shooting? I've never owned any focal length less than 35mm so this is all new to me! It seems that "old rules" such as: set focus on something about 1/3 the distance into the scene, just do not seem to apply here. Thoughts? > >As always, thanks for any advice given. > >Best regards, >Alan Huntley > >