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luigi bertolotti · 05/13/08, 11:21 AM

Jaap started with RF in '76, me in '75 (but was a Zorky... "student's camera"

, Leica from '79) so my exp is similar : the simple truth is that WHEN YOU GET ACCUSTOMED RF focusing is quick and precise in MOST of the standard situations an amateur gets into: I know i can be blamed for this, but, to speak honestly, lot of times i used my 1,4 lenses at 2-2,8 or 4 just "to be sure on focus" ... as a "dumb rule" I used my 135 f4 at f8 minimum... I enjoied a lot, in past years, an old Summilux 35 1,4... almost never wide-open...
With M8 the problem is growing... sensor and, maybe, manufacturing quality and tolerances on the M8 RF have generated an issue : you speak of using a 90 at f2... to be simple, I'd say thet in such a situation with M8, it's anyway better to get accustomed to focus bracketing... Sean is right... but let's also say that this is one of the many advantages of Digital: during my film life, I think I made focus bracketing no more than 10-12 times.. throw away film was annoying, while who cares of 2 or 3 files that you can remove soon after ?

05/13/08, 11:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
luigi bertolotti Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/24/07 Location: Brescia Posts: 2,813	Re: Accuracy of M8's rangefinder system Jaap started with RF in '76, me in '75 (but was a Zorky... "student's camera" , Leica from '79) so my exp is similar : the simple truth is that WHEN YOU GET ACCUSTOMED RF focusing is quick and precise in MOST of the standard situations an amateur gets into: I know i can be blamed for this, but, to speak honestly, lot of times i used my 1,4 lenses at 2-2,8 or 4 just "to be sure on focus" ... as a "dumb rule" I used my 135 f4 at f8 minimum... I enjoied a lot, in past years, an old Summilux 35 1,4... almost never wide-open... With M8 the problem is growing... sensor and, maybe, manufacturing quality and tolerances on the M8 RF have generated an issue : you speak of using a 90 at f2... to be simple, I'd say thet in such a situation with M8, it's anyway better to get accustomed to focus bracketing... Sean is right... but let's also say that this is one of the many advantages of Digital: during my film life, I think I made focus bracketing no more than 10-12 times.. throw away film was annoying, while who cares of 2 or 3 files that you can remove soon after ? Last edited by luigi bertolotti : 05/13/08 at 11:25 AM.