Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M lenses are reset to infinity after a shot, always know which way to focus ;-) john ________________________________________ Was it not Ted who suggested a couple of years back that you should defocus prior to rising the camera to your eye, and then stop focus as soon as it gets sharp? I used the trick quite a bit and it always worked on the Leica Rs and 24mm I had. Then if you also close down a bit you're definitely on the safe side :-) I'm now mostly an AF guy, but Ted's experience and mine might help you :-) No aspirin today Philippe Le 22 nov. 2014 ? 01:29, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> a ?crit : > >> 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 >>> >>>