Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair... Same for me. For medium to long distance shots, I use the camera viewfinder for focusing and an external viewfinder for composition. For close focus shots with normal to wide-angle lenses, it's the same; with the 135, it's only through the camera viewfinder. /Mitch _________________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG > > The other "devil" in the rangefinder -- for me-- is the central focal > patch. When I first got the cle, every one of the images had the main > subject dead centre. I would choose an f stop, let the camera set the > shutter, focus and fire -- I was forgetting to compose. Now I try > very hard to either focus before raising the camera so I concentrate > on composition, or focus and then compose. The external viewfinder > and using the "o" series cameras have helped reinforce these messages. > > Cheers > -- > Alastair Firkin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html