Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A while back Ted Grant shared an easy way to focus SLR mounted wide angle lenses. Start from closest focus that way it easier to tell when things get sharp. If you find yourself unsure, dial it back to closest focus and start again. Try it, it really works. John Collier On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 05:47 PM, Martin Krieger wrote: > I have the feeling that I am not able to focus my 28mm lens with any > accuracy above say 10 ft. (maybe even 7 or 8 ft). Clues how to do this > better? I have the grid screen (which I need), so I do not have a > microprism > or split image rf. The angle finder is said to have a 2x magnifier. > Will > this help (although I do not want an angle finder, per se)? Can there > be a > magnifier for the R8 as there is for the M6,7 now? (I know that it will > then > be hard/impossible to see the full image.) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html