Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, at f/2.0 I have this problem with my .72 Leica M's all the time when I shoot at 2-3 meter distance (or less!), but then I usually shoot people, and they tend to move, as my wife has no garden gnomes. So I always ask myself if this lens is practical in the circumstances you are talking about, and wonder if the Tele Elmarit (which I sold) was not better in practice with its lower weight and smaller size and less dollars. The 2.0 is good for theatres etc, provided you can get in on a photo session preview. >During the holidays I took some shots at the Polish Jews' Club in >Copenhagen with the R2 and 90mm Apo, mostly at 2-3 meter distance >and at f2. Many of those were out of focus. Last weekend I tested >the comination in more controlled circumstances (my wife's garden >gnome) and again, at close distances and wide apertures, the 90 just >does not seem to focus correctly on the R2. I would be interested in >the experiences of other R2 owners with longish lenses. I wonder if >my R2 is faulty (the lens works fine on my Leica bodies), or if I >simply have to live with the fact that given the R2's shorter >effective rangefinder base, focusing a 90mm lens at f2 is always >going to be a hit-or-miss (mostly miss) proposition. > >Nathan >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html