Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:57 PM 5/25/00 +0100, you wrote: >Bryan > >When you are using the Noctilux in very low light, how do you focus the >thing when you can hardly see the subject. I ask this because I was trying >to take some indoor shots with Scala at 1600 in very low light using my 50mm >f/2 and, although I could get an exposure at 1/8 sec @ f/2, I could not see >the subject well enough to know if I had proper focus on it. Is the f/1 >Noctilux that much brighter that focusing is easier? > >Simon Simon - No, it's definitely not easier! Pick out the most important part of the photo and concentrate on getting it exactly in focus. If you have to turn the camera sideways or upside down, find a point that you can make come together in that circle. Start out with a pretty close estimate of distance and then fine tune by moving yourself back and forth until your point of focus snaps in. It's never as definite as a "snap" but if you move yourself back and forth gently, you can almost see when the image is sharper. I say "almost" but some of you with younger eyes will see the difference with no problems. Take lots of photos when your eyes are young and edit when your soul is older!! Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com