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Subject: [Leica] I can focus my Noctilux
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:53:22 -0800
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Oops, I see this has all been covered already...

Henning


On 2014-02-12, at 9:49 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote:

> With the Noctilux f/1 and 75 Summilux I also do better on the M240 with 
> the rangefinder than the EVF; probably because the rangefinder is set up 
> correctly (and hasn't drifted as yet) and the EVF allows too large a 
> focussing range over which it looks OK to me. Focus peaking also seems to 
> indicate too great a depth of field, while at f/1 the contrast of the 
> Noctilux is low enough that often nothing triggers the focus peaking. On 
> top of that the EVF itself and the whole shooting experience with it is 
> rather sluggish; overall, that may be the biggest reason I stick with the 
> rangefinder. But at least now we have a choice, and if the camera gets 
> whacked, we can still focus until the rangefinder gets recalibrated.
> 
> Henning
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-02-10, 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. That is to say that in my 
>> experience
>> 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. 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!
>> 
>> 
>> 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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> 
> 
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Henning Wulff
henningw at archiphoto.com






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