Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is what I do as well. I have always tended to shoot at or close to maximum aperture, and as Ted says, with the 20D, anything f8 or wider can still be focused manually without too much trouble. Granted, the viewfinder on the 20D is not as good as a Leicaflex SL or R8, but it is good enough, and if that is really important, then one can go for one of the 1-series bodies which by all accounts have better viewfinders (plus interchangeable screens etc.). Nathan Ted Grant wrote: > Mark Rabiner asked: > > >> So what's the deal you can just use Leica R glass on a Canon in stop down >> metering?< > > > Hi Mark, > It's so simple it's amazing. ;-) Might be difficult for those who use a > major analyzing technique and have to think about it. But it's simple, > clean and works! Honest would I lie to a nice guy like you? ;-) > > I've found I can stop down to f8.0 and still manual focus without any > problem outdoors. Or any aperture from wide open to f8.0. Set the camera > for aperture priority and shoot letting the camera select the shutter > speed. And so far I've not missed any exposures in this fashion. > > That's what's so neat about it, because it's difficult to think and > shoot and still capture the precise moment. Pick an aperture and shoot > away without thought while merely concentrating on your subject. > > It's the old story, "KISS it baby!" And it works like a dream. :-) > > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com