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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Last for the Weekend
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:14:57 -0700
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Hi George,
Firstly, I'm delighted you are home and feeling better (i.e., alive!!).
Sending good vibes for the next one.
I didn't move the camera. This is a crop. Is that what you were referring
to? The button on the right was inside the patch in the viewfinder.
Best,
Bob

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:18 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
mac.com>wrote:

>
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
>
> > Your (and anyone else's) opinion would be valued. Here was my test, on a
> > tripod, leveled, cable release, etc...
> > http://www.rgaphoto.com/test/content/L1000304_large.html
> > I focused on the white button on the far right, middle row. It appears to
> > be a bit over 20cm off at close (though not closest) distance.
> >
> > What would you do?
>
> If you focused on the far right button
> you had to have moved the camera to reposition the button in the frame.
>
> This is one of the many problems in "critical" rangefinder focusing with
> micro-dof.
> I'd like to see if it focuses "on center"
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
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-- 
Bob Adler
Redwood City, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com


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