Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Canon digital equivalent to R7 and 100mm APO?
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Aug 26 20:56:43 2004
References: <BAY19-F23D5vg2UX4Ba0005e504@hotmail.com> <412E564C.1090700@planet.nl> <BDE21090-F7CA-11D8-ADE4-0003938051BC@snet.net>

Roy,

I wonder though if autofocus is going to do you much good if the 
situation is such that you have a hard time focusing manually. I am 
speaking specifically of macro photography, for general photo I find the 
AF works very well.

Nathan

Roy Zartarian wrote:

> Much as I hate to admit it, I'm going the autofocus, non-Leica route for 
> macro work with the 10D.  I'm finding that the 10D screen just isn't 
> doing the job with a manual focus lens in the conditions in which I do a 
> bit of close-up work.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Aug 26, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> A 2.8/160mm Apo Macro is no bad thing!
>>
>> As for shooting at f8: I have so far only used it at wider apertures, 
>> up to 5.6, and then focusing has not been a problem. At f8 or smaller 
>> it may be a problem, but then again, if you shoot a lot at f8/f11, 
>> then you might as well get the Canon macro.
>>
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
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