Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tom, > On my AF cameras I set it so the middle sensor is the only active one. I > focus over that sensor, then recompose. Same thing with the M6 - focus > the subject, recompose. > Is this the normal way of doing things, or am I missing something? you're making a big, big mistake here. The correct way to focus an M is to see the subject without seeing, compose without composing, close your eyes and chant 'Om ri kahti ay bress Om' over and over. Then some Zen stuff happens and, just as snow slides from a bamboo leaf the picture will take itself. And it will almost be in focus. Before you even hold an M6 again you must photograph without photographing for at least 20 years, naked, in the crystal waters of Lake Manasarovar. This is the way. - --- Bob mailto:bob@web-options.com Saturday, July 14, 2001, 9:30:17 PM, you wrote: > Today I went into Abbey Camera in Silver Spring, MD and handled an M6 > for the 1st time. He had the 90/2 out, so I played with that. > The 90/2 seemed to have a pretty stiff focussing ring. Is this standard? > Sample variation? > One thing I noticed when focussing is that it reminded me of....an > autofocus camera. > Please don't shoot me. > On my AF cameras I set it so the middle sensor is the only active one. I > focus over that sensor, then recompose. Same thing with the M6 - focus > the subject, recompose. > Is this the normal way of doing things, or am I missing something? > Thanks. > tv