Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks for your info nathan, i will do a little more shooting with the lens. Chris Williams http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=106765 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M3 with 50 1.0 Noctilux > Chris, > > Yes it can, but you can expect to have a high percentage of out of focus > shots. That is just the nature of lenses like the Noctilux or the 75mm > Summilux, where depth of field at maximum aperture at a distance > suitable for a portrait is measured in mm. If you focus on a person's > eyes, for example, the slightest movement of the head will render the > image out of focus. > > Nathan > > onetreehillclw wrote: > > > Can a M3 accurately focus a 50 1.0 at 1.0 ?? > > I have had some luck, but some times no luck. > > > > Chris Williams > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=106765 > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > >