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Subject: [Leica] 28 Elmarit F Mount update
From: david5stones at gmail.com (Red Dawn)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:20:14 +0800
References: <a475f600904122100o14f6c737sc4cfc17eacbeab2e@mail.gmail.com> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E94DF@case-email.casefoods.com>

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
>
>
>
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-- 
David Teo Boon Hwee


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