Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes; your correct. That's why I never play poker!! ;-) On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 21, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Or as game theory suggests, there are three things to consider: > > You know what you know > > You know what you don't know > > > > > > And you don't know what you don't know > > > sounds like it, I think ....? > > which is why serendipity always leads to the most important > discoveries.... > > > steve > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > > gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Steve: Are you telling me, as a Doctor, that I should take 2 aspirin > and > >>> stop worrying? > >> > >> > >> one may be a bit too much.... > >> > >> the paradox re focussing with an EVF, is that the lenses that are always > >> in focus, are the hardest to focus, and the lenses that are the hardest > to > >> focus, are easy to focus... > >> > >> yes, yes it's true... > >> > >> (maybe we need to share those asprins...) > >> > >> steve > >> > >> > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Frank Filippone > >>> Red735i at verizon.net > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] > >>> On > >> Behalf > >>> Of Steve Barbour > >>> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 3:25 PM > >>> To: Leica LUG > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] EVF cameras and especially non native lenses..... > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I have been on the hunt for my "ideal" camera. > >>>> The Nikon D7100 is pretty good, lenses that are light in weight are > >>>> pretty marginal in performance. ( relative to Leica lenses) and it > >>>> does not offer a EVF. > >>>> The Fuji XE-1 is pretty great, but the smaller sensor is not quite as > >>>> useful as a FF sensor would be, for WA lenses. I routinely shoot with > >>>> the WATE and a 21. > >>>> I was lucky enough to get a used A7 from a friend of a Lugger > recently. > >>>> Bolted on a Leica 24 mm lens and went a shootin.... > >>>> What I have noted is that as a WA shooter, it is really pretty hard to > >>>> focus precisely > >>> > >>> only because it's almost always in focus.... > >>> > >>> > >>> s > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> , due to the great DOF WA lenses offer.... Even magnifying the EVF, > >>>> the real plane of focus hardly is obvious.... Of course, the DOF > >>>> helps to get well focused images even if the precise focus plane is > >>>> not right on the money. > >>>> > >>>> My M ( put in a number here) never did this.. it was always as easy or > >>>> as hard to focus, no matter what lens. And ewhen in calibration, it > >>>> absolutely put the focus plane where it should have been, according to > >> the > >>> VF. > >>>> > >>>> A Native Sony lens on this camera would be no easier to manually > >>>> focus, an AF Lens would be trivial..... > >>>> I am learning a lesson.... My "ideal" camera has yet to be > >>>> invented......or at least, it would need new AF lenses to go with.... > >>>> > >>>> I am somewhat inspired to say that the M (Type 240) is as close, on > >>>> specs, to "ideal" as can be gotten..... > >>>> EVF when you need it, Optical RF when you need it... best of both > >>>> worlds..... > >>>> > >>>> Then again, I have said that before, different camera, same > words...... > >>>> > >>>> Frank Filippone > >>>> Red735i at verizon.net > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Bob Adler