Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doh! It just came back to me now why a rangefinder is more accurate with wider lenses! I was right, but for the wrong reason. I've been arguing an old reason that an expert once told me was incorrect. I just forgot about that part. The REAL reason rangefinders are less accurate is that your eye Is less able to distinguish fine adjustment to focus with fast longer lenses. It's not the camera, it's US! You're right, the rangefinder's accuracy doesn't change. Just our ability to distinguish accurate focus. The level of accuracy is more "adequate" with wider lenses. It's advantage becomes less with longer lenses. But it's our fault! The way the real world works, the effect is that we can focus better with a 35mm 1.4 lens. I was wrong. I'm big enough to admit it. :-P On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 07:38 AM, Karen Nakamura wrote: > Err... I don't see how the accuracy of the *RANGEFINDER* changes > because of the lens you put on it. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com Always drink upstream from the herd. - Will Rogers - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html