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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica focusing...HELP!
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:22:02 +0100
References: <200303120219.SAA24529@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <00af01c2e871$bfce1de0$63514b0a@ida.gov.sg>

did you consider a corrective lens in the eyepiece?
If you have a ?spherical? correction you could use those srew in types or is
it
?planar?
apart from all the other excellent advice for me the rapidwinder helped
tremendously as well together with a 1.25 telescope in the ocular(is that a
word?).
You see i have a very strong (at long distance) left eye and a -1/4 right
but  my right eye can not  be corrected with a screw  in type lens
so for moving things it,s great ,for me ,to be able to keep looking and
focusing especially in dim light.
I,m still not really good at it but improving
also on a really slow lens the arc the focusing ring turns through is large
so i find that some sort of device to receive feedback on its position like
a focusing tab makes life easier as well.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelvin" <kelvinlee@pacific.net.sg>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:31 AM
Subject: [Leica] Leica focusing...HELP!


> RF cameras are best for lenses 50mm and wider, where you can rely on
> hyperfocus. It is inevitable that focus with longer lenses will be slower.
>
> Its the mindset that needs to change, more than the focus :)
> If you use 85mm and longer lenses regularly, you may want to consider an
> SLR instead which isn't all that much bigger , but easier to focus with.
>
>
> > lea wrote:
> >
> > > OH MY GAWD I suck focusing with my M6. Over 2 years with it and I'm
> still so
> > > blasted slow. I am young (under 40) with good eyes (even though I wear
> > > contacts and glasses) and I take for flippin' ever to focus...with or
> > > without the viewfinder magnifier.
> > >
> > > I just can't believe I'm the only one with this problem...or the only
> one
> > > who has encountered it. What have others done to get faster? I'm open
to
> all
> > > suggestions (short of selling the camera!).
> > >
> > > Suggestions gladly read.
> > > Lea
>
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