Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman jotted down the following: > Incidentally, if you ever can't remember which way you twist the lens to > focus, just imagine you're driving in a screw. Twisting it clockwise (from > the shooter's POV) reduces the distance to what you're focussed on. Another trick, with the Leica rangefinders, is to twist the lens in the direction that the ghost image in the RF patch needs to move. If it's too far away, the ghost image will be on the left of the non-ghosted image. Twist the lens towards the right (i.e., clockwise) and the ghost image moves towards the right (stop when they are in register -- duh ;) Helps you determine which direction to move the lens if you don't always keep it racked at one extreme or the other. M. - -- Martin Howard | I was going to get onto the Information Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Superhighway, but got stuck in a email: howard.390@osu.edu | traffic jam on the on-ramp. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +----------------------------------------