Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] Eyes
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:33:39 -0400
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If I have to give up my Leica rangefinders, I'll probably give up
photography.  I've tried Canon DSLRs - good ones - the IDMII and 5D and top
of the line Canon lenses.  No thanks.  I had the same experience you did
with the Nikon.  The AF hunts and hunts in the low light and backlight that
I like to shoot.  It chooses the wrong thing to focus on most of the time.
 The cameras are heavy and noisy and attention-attracting.  The lenses show
chromatic aberrations and distortion.  For me, it's Leica or nothing, I'm
afraid.

Tina


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
verizon.net>wrote:

> I have to agree with Jayanand...  There is a point when you have no choice.
> It is AF or get another job/hobby.
>
> The pitiful part is that it is inevitible....
>
> I thought at age 35 that I could no longer focus my Canon F1 camera with
> accuracy.  My eyes had changed.  Dumped all the Canon stuff and bought a
> Nikon 8008.  AF splendor, I thought.  Then I tried it out and in bright
> daylight, with little reason for focus errors, I found the camera would not
> perform as well as I had without AF.  Over time, got rid of all the AF
> stuff
> ( my sons swiped most of it) and went Leica.
>
> I am 30 years older, and having the same doubts...  Part of the reason I am
> considering Nikon AF again.
>
> When you look at the results out there, sharp images, there seems to be no
> reason to not use AF..... Yes, it requires a different technique than a RF,
> but really, not too different from rudimentary AF systems( 1 patch of
> focus).
>
> Inevitable means it is going to happen.. the issue is when and how much you
> fight it.....
>
> I was always told that it is best to go out at the top of your game.....
>  AF
> allows you to extend that game time.
>
> Even if it is at Leica S2 prices.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> Well, Jeff said the same thing as I did...and finally it is the only
> permanent, practical solution. I have gone through this whole dance 10
> years
> ago.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
>
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Tina Manley
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