Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Regardless of being able to see the plane of focus, a properly adjusted wide base rangefinder is more accurate than a reflex viewing system with a 50 mm lens. That said in all probability the focus plane of the Noctilux may well be unusable wide open and focused closer. It can hardly be described as crisp at 1m. John Collier On Dec 26, 2003, at 1:06 PM, JCB wrote: > Please read my post again! > > I said RF (Range Finder) not R (Reflex). It is OBVIOUS that you can > see the plane of focus in an R camera. You CANNOT see it, as I said, > in a Range Finder (RF) camera. > > JB > > > At 01:00 PM 12/26/2003 -0600, robertmeier@usjet.net wrote: > >> > The Noctilus at f/1.0, closer than one meter, has but a millimeter >> or less >> > of DOF. That would be difficult to deal with using a RF camera >> since you >> > cannot see the exact plane of focus. >> > >> > JB >> >> Can't see the exact plane of focus???? What do you think you're >> looking at >> in that R viewfinder? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html