bap Posted April 17, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted April 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought a cv15 and the adapter ring and the 21 view finder....everything seems to fit right but it won't focus....any ideas on what I am doing wrong?...very new to this rangefinder thing..or just a idiot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cindy Flood Posted April 17, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted April 17, 2007 The CV 15 is not rangefinder coupled. It must be focused by scale, but this is not hard to do. For landscape, just put it on infinity and adjust a little if you have elements close in that also need to be in focus. You will get the feel for it really quickly since you can look at the result right away on the viewfinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEP Posted April 17, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted April 17, 2007 You can't focus the CV15 like normal, it's not rangfinder coupled... Â You have to use hyperfocal distances. Shooting at (say) F8 means putting the infinity mark just to the right of centre for most things. For closer things, use the distance scales. This is how photgraphy used to be before the rangefinder ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted April 17, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted April 17, 2007 Bruce, Â This lens is not coupled to the rangefinder, so you won't see anything happening in the viewfinder as you rotate the focusing ring on the lens. You just have to guess at the focusing distance and turn the focusing ring to that distance. Fortunately the lens has an enormous DOF, so you can use the lens pretty effectively. My usual outdoor picture is done with the focus set at just a hair off infinity and aperture at f/6.8 or f/8, and I don't have to touch those settings at all -- the ultimate point and shoot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andit Posted April 17, 2007 Share #5  Posted April 17, 2007 Hi Bruce,  I have the exact same lens. Please remember that the CV15 is not coupled to the rangefinder. That means that you will not see any change in the focusing patch. With this lens you estimate the distance, set that on the focus scale, then make up for any differences with depth of field. What works pretty well, is setting the lens to 1.5m and using f/5.6. This should get everything sharp from 1.5m to infinity.  Hope this helps you  Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bap Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share #6 Â Posted April 17, 2007 thanks guys now I get it..see I was right IDIOT...thanks for your help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andit Posted April 17, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted April 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) No Bruce, you are not an IDIOT... Â This is a way of taking pictures that is new to many people. It is just like taking a step back 30 years or so. Â On older camera's, you used to have a film plane mark engraved on the body. It was a like a capital O with a horizontal line through it. This used to indicate the exact film plane. When you had the camera mounted on a tripod, you used to take a tape measure and measure the distance from the subject to the film plane and then transfer this information to the focusing scale. Infact, on many Motion Picture Film sets, this is still the procedure to make certain of exact sharp focus. Â It takes some getting used to - but this is exactly what makes photography fun! Â Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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