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Subject: [Leica] I can focus my Noctilux
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (rgacpa at gmail.com)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:22:25 -0800
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Hi Steve,
So hard to do this right by email. Thanks for your patience with my 
difficulties in trying to explain.

I just use the old rangefinder on the M when taking portraits (of Leo 
mostly!). Where the iris meets the white of the eye I try to get in focus, 
usually by getting close and moving my head slightly and pushing the button 
when I see an expression. So it's not "focus peaking" of course through the 
Optical View Finder (OVF); just normal M focusing.

I think I have a better chance that way than with the EVF as I tried to 
explain earlier. With the EVF I find I need to magnify to 5X, which only 
shows the very center of the image; so I have to put the eye in the center. 
Once I see the focus peaking I depress the shutter half way which takes me 
back to a full frame view in the EVF. Then I have to reframe (because I've 
put the eyes in the center to focus peak with the EVF and rarely is that 
what I want in the exposure). Then I press the shutter and there is a 
shutter lag as, unlike the Fuji and Sony, the shutter has to first close and 
then fire.

So with all that time needed with the EVF, I find the OVF to be better FOR 
ME...  As I said before, with landscapes, the EVF is wonderful; like in your 
image of the glasses!!

Hope I'm making more sense?
Thanks,
Bob


Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 11, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Three issues I'm having with the Leica M + EVF and my Nocti:
>> 
>> 1.  I have to magnify the EVF image to see the eyes get "peaked"
>> 2.  Once peaked, reframing after depressing the shutter halfway is needed 
>> as the M only magnifies the center of the image. 
>> 3.  There is a delay between depressing the shutter and the sensor being 
>> exposed with the EVF (be design unfortunately!).
>> 
>> So I find it hard to use the EVF on people. Easier to just move my head 
>> forward and backward with the optical range finder and get nearly instant 
>> exposure when pressing the shutter button.  Hit rate seems better for me. 
>> Non moving objects are just the opposite. 
>> Just my experience.
> 
> 
> let me see if I can speak to this now?been thinking about it on & off for 
> hours.
> 
> can you see ?the eyes get peaked? without the EVF, if so how ?
> 
> if this is a necessity, how do you do it without the EVF?
> 
> 
> s
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Which is a really interesting topic for me because all else being equal 
>>>> I
>>>> find that the RF is much more precise.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> more precise than what Geoff ?
>>> have you given an adequate trial to focus peaking?
>>> 
>>>> That is to say that in my experience
>>> 
>>> what is your experience with focus peaking?
>>> 
>>>> there is a range of acceptable focus peaking effect as you move the 
>>>> focus
>>>> ring (not dissimilar to a plain ground glass in effect?) but only one
>>>> moment when the RF is truly aligned.However that is not taking into 
>>>> account
>>>> focus shift which the EVF negates for you.
>>> 
>>> so you 1. see better what you are focussing on 2. have a separate 
>>> confirmation of focus  3. avoid focus shift (a biggie when you are wide 
>>> open) 4. benefit from focus peaking for long lenses as you mention below
>>> 
>>>> Of course the RF is not very
>>>> good at all if you want to use R lenses or long teles, or macros or 
>>>> third
>>>> party adapted lenses!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> so what's not to like?
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Geoff
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 11 February 2014 08:40, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:17 PM, rgacpa at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Whoop!
>>>>>> Did you try it with just the range finder?
>>>>> 
>>>>> MUCH less certain
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> s
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
>>>>>>> gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
>>>>>>>> gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> finally, at f1...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/glasses.jpg.html
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> focussed near lateral RIGHT rim, on RIGHT earpiece, 1/2 inch from 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>> rim...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Leica M 240 with Noctilux at f1, RAW file done with focus peaking,
>>>>> using Olympus VF-2..
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> many thanks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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