Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to clear things up, this was the Carl Weese article that Dan is talking about. Bud D Khong wrote: > Friends > > I had the privilege of reading Bud Cook's "Leica Mystique" and I am > particularly interested in what he wrote about focussing practise - > > <Grip the camera comfortably, with your left index finger touching the > focus tab from below. Focus the rangefinder on something. Lower the > camera from your eye without changing your grip, looking directly at the > subject. Concentrate on your hand position on the camera and the focus > tab. Next, set the focus to infinity, then, while continuing to look at > the subject, try to move the focus tab back where it was. Raise the > camera to your eye and see how close you came to accurate focus. > Repeat. Now do it again with another subject nearer or farther away. > Then try focusing before raising the camera. Keep practicing, and you > will be amazed at how accurate the technique becomes. eventually, you > will focus automatically on anything you look at, without giving it > conscious thought.> > > Are there any other contributions from LUGgers as to how one might that > focus spot on instinctively almost everytime? > > Dan K. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Money is like fertilizer. It is useless until it leaves your hand. > ============================================================================ >