Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent images all. One of the few frustrations with the Fuji X is that the lenses will focus past infinity (I have the 14, 35 and 60). Ken On 5/25/2014 9:48 AM, Aram Langhans wrote: > It does have manual focus. The problem is that the light is so low > there is really not much to focus on except a star. That is what I > do, using live view and 10x magnification. Hard to find one of those > little suckers at times. But with the Leica lens, with its hard > infinity focus, you just crank the lens out to the infinity stop and > you are good to go. Do the Fuji lenses have a hard infinity stop? Do > their zoom lenses hold their focus when zoomed in manual focus mode? > > Aram > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 9:48 PM > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Night in Yosemite > >> Beautiful, especially the first two. I am surprised your DSLR does >> not have manual focus, like my Fuji X-Pro 1. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 22, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: >> >>> Our first night in Yosemite was 3 days before the full moon. We >>> decided to try some night shots with the moon lighting up the cliffs >>> and see what happened. Here are my attempts. >>> >>> First stop was Valley View. I have never seen night shots from >>> there. View Large. Can you see the climbers on El Capitain? >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Valley+View-0423-Edit.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Then on to Tunnel View: You can also see the climbers. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Tunnel+View-0432-Edit.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Tunnel+View-0437.jpg.html >>> >>> We then headed down to Swinging Bridge >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Swinging+Bridge-0442-Edit.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> The long 30 second exposure allowed the capture of a pretty nice >>> reflection. >>> >>> Last stop, Sentinel Bridge >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Sentinel+Bridge-0452.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> All these except for Valley View, were with the Leica 35-70. All >>> shots at F-4 with 30 second exposure at ISO 800. >>> >>> More to come of the moonbows with the full moon. >>> >>> >>> Some technical info: Focusing is a pain with a modern DSLR lens. >>> You cannot just dial it to infinity and take the picture. There is >>> no infinity stop. You have to sight a star in live view and then >>> try to focus on it while looking at it magnified 10x on the view >>> screen. And if you have a zoom, at least the zooms I have (16-35/4 >>> , 24-120/4 and 70-200/4 Nikkors) or the three my father-in-law has >>> (24-85, 18-35 and 70-300 Nikkors) you have to do this at the focal >>> length you are using, because if you change FL, the focus changes. >>> So, if I can get by with a range of 35-70, which fortunately I can, >>> I use the great Leica 35-70/4 zoom. No focus problems.... Crank it >>> to infinity and go for it. No zoom problems. All FL's are in focus >>> as you change the zoom. And the added bonus, wide open it is so >>> much sharper than any of the Nikkor zooms. >>> >>> >>> Comments welcome. >>> >>> Aram >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Aram Langhans >>> (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher >>> & Unemployed photographer >>> >>> "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >>> himself would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information