Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The focus issue is the main reason I finally packed it in with Leica lenses on my Canon. I just can't afford to walk away with miss-focused shots. (It was weird to see a lens I had sold on the Lug on Ebay the other day) In spite of the focus problem, the clarity with Leica glass is just unbelievable. s.d. On Jan 17, 2008 , at 9:29 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: Good call, Slobadan, in one detail. When I reviewed the photos later, I could not believe that I had not taken a photograph of Amy's HANDS! Let's see, what do you use to play a piano . . . duh! Otherwise, I did take other angles and distances, but these seemed like the best. I sure wish Olympus had auto-focus confirmation of some kind for these manual focus lenses. The somewhat dim stage-light was not as easy to focus as a spot-on M3 rangefinder, that's for sure. So a fair number of soft-focus images hit the cutting room flo. . . er, Recycle Bin. But when focus is on, that Summilux is one sweet lens! Gary T > Nice stuff. > Though, and I'm guessing here, it seems like you were selecting from > too few an assortment. > s.d. > > On Jan 17, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: > > The Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 on the E-330 keeps impressing me as a > great Lympa combination: > http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2008_01_09.htm > Gary Todoroff _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information