Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/17

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Camera, viewfinder and/or film format best for manual focus
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sat Dec 17 14:38:36 2005

on 12/17/05 12:32 PM, Scott McLoughlin at scott@adrenaline.com wrote:

> I know many folks on the list have shot extensively with many different
> film formats and cameras, so I'm wondering....
> 
> What camera's VF/ground glass/focusing mechanism (in any format
> up to 4x5) is generally best for critical manual focus?
> 
> I know my buddy who shoots 4x5 uses a loupe on the ground glass
> to focus.  Is this "as good as it gets"?  Or will a waist level finder
> with a bright screen on a MF camera do better?
> 
> Reading the Puts piece on RF accuracy makes me thing this might
> be a complicated issue with a couple of variables, but I thought
> I'd ask to get a general idea of the manual focus lay of the land,
> as it were.
> 
> Much thanks.
> 
> Scott
> 

Leicaflex SL.

--
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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