Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing a 75 1.4 -- mitch's question
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:12:19 -0700

on 07/17/03 8:54 AM, Kyle Cassidy at KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu wrote:

> I had a 75 1.4 that I bought from b.d. about three years ago. I shot about
> four rolls with it and NONE of them were in focus. Not a testiment to the
> quality of the lens, simply a factor of focusing with a razor thin DOF. I
> promptly sold the lens and continued to use the russian 85 2.0.

And I have shot rodeos with it wide open in extremely poor light and gotten
photos sharp. It's all in the wrist. :-)

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar
Wilde

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