Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi david Thanks for your prompt reply. I was hoping I can use the lens like a AIS lens. Looks like it will not be so convenient to use the R lens with the F mount! David On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com>wrote: > David Teo wrote, > > >>just a question, does the Leica R lens on the D700 require you to do > manual stop down of the diaphragm? Do you have to focus wide open then > stop down manually to the desired aperture before you shoot?<< > > I use the 28 Elmarit in several different ways. > > First I use it at wider apertures (f2.8-f5.6). I just focus at whatever > aperture it happens to be set at. > > Secondly, I use it at F8 and set the lens to hyperfocal distance. Like P > for Professional mode, this is fast and requires little thought outside > of compose and shoot. > > Thirdly, sometimes, yes, with static subject matter I'll focus at f2.8 > and stop down, or I may even use live view to focus. > > I use one of these three methods for 99% of the time (the first two > 95%). > > Focusing isn't as critical with a WA as it is with a tele, and it's very > rare that I'll look at something and feel like I missed focus. > > I actually trust MF and the 28 Elmarit more than AF and my 17-35. Maybe > it's because when I use AF I don't pay attention to it. (After all, I > use AF so I don't have to devote attention, or I may as well use MF). > AF, as good as it is, can occasionally lock in a plane that defies (my) > logic. > > BTW I set exposure mode to A. Exposure is nearly always right on the > money. > > DaveR > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- David Teo Boon Hwee