Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, John Now I have two Fuji XE's and lenses. They have movable focus points, for which I have the function button set. The Fuji autofocus time is OK for the 35/52, and for the 14/21 I keep it set on manual since it has a hard focus stop. For the 60/90 "macro" 2.4 it is fine but there I have a little more time. For the 55/200(83/300) zoom it is forever, so of limited use. So, if you bought a new M/MM and lenses, would it be likely to return to Leica for lens/body calibration? Thx Ken On 5/24/2015 6:04 PM, John McMaster wrote: > Live view lets you focus as it will come out on the image. I do not find it > quite as bad as Bob does (I have seen that SD card makes can make a > difference, I use Lexar) but it is far from perfect. I tend to use it with > 21mm and wider or the 60R, it can be useful with Noctilii or 75mm Summilux > though... > > If I did not have a Monochrom I would have no hesitation in buying the new > one, I do not see enough benefit to me to buy when I have the original. > Hopefully the next generation of M cameras will have better Live View - > response time, refresh rate, resolution, movable focus point and maybe even > DoF guide! > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Carney > > Bob, > > Here is a Leica-rookie question. I have seen numerous posts about users > sending bodies and lenses back to Leica to calibrate, to avoid back and > front focus issues. Is this what live view is intended to avoid? I know > even my SLR's have focus issues if I don't calibrate the lenses with > in-camera software. If there is not an issue with matching bodies and > lenses, yes I would prefer to have rangefinder focus (my last Leica long > ago > was an M3 with a 35mm Summicron, where it was difficult to make a focus > error though I succeeded at times). Thx for some enlightenment. > > Ken > > On 5/24/2015 5:29 PM, Bob Adler wrote: >> Honestly I find live view useless as implemented in the M240. Completely > useless because of the unbelievable shutter lag for non-landscape images > and > inability to move the magnified area of the view around to check focus for > landscape work. >> For the decisive moment you will need to anticipate an additional 1/2 sec > or more in advance. For landscapes you will need to reframe after focusing. >> Sorry, but I never use live view. But I own no R lenses which it may > actually be useful for per others' experiences I have read. >> Best, >> Bob-The -Grump >> >> Bob Adler >> Robert Adler Photography >> www.robertadlerphotography.com >> >>> On May 24, 2015, at 12:32 PM, George Lottermoser > <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: >>> Live view certainly is what keeps me dreaming about the "upgrade;" >>> while feeling quite satisfied with the "high ISO" of the MM I. >>> >>> a note off the iPad, George >>> >>> On May 24, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: >>>> The significant upgrade is live view. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> >>>>> Sent: May 24, 2015 8:51 AM >>>>> To: Douglas Nygren <douglasnygren at yahoo.com>, Leica Users Group >>>>> <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Monochrome results >>>>> >>>>> Good writeup here by Erwin Puts. Doesn't seem to be worth the $$... >>>>> Better value with the MM-I >>>>> http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-50/ >>> _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information