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23 minutes ago, ValkyrieFalling said:

Very interesting! I’d love to get better at rangefinder focus with higher focal length lenses as I feel using an EVF defeats the purpose and purity of this camera. That’s just a personal feeling. 

Depending on your eyesight, you can get a small magnifier or a diopter for your rangefinder.  I didnt use one for the pictures posted here, but I do have, since, fitted in a diopter (my eyesight is not amazing)

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6 hours ago, ValkyrieFalling said:

Very interesting! I’d love to get better at rangefinder focus with higher focal length lenses as I feel using an EVF defeats the purpose and purity of this camera. That’s just a personal feeling. 

Get one of the Light Lens Lab 1.4 x viewfinder magnifiers for M (won’t let me paste the URL). They are adjustable - which I hate, so I just taped mine at the proper adjustment. It screws right onto the eyepiece and you’re ready to go!

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M10-R with APO-Telyt 3,4/135mm

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Marzo Veinte performs. M10, 135 APO, RF-focus, ISO 10000, Nov. 11, 2024

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Autumn colors at the lake Walchensee some days ago. Well, maybe two weeks earlier would have been even more colorful...

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Snowy morning, M11 with 135 APO at F/5.6

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On 11/12/2024 at 1:35 PM, adan said:

Marzo Veinte performs. M10, 135 APO, RF-focus, ISO 10000, Nov. 11, 2024

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I’m truly amazed each time I see 135mm action shots focused via rangefinder! 

 

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13 hours ago, ValkyrieFalling said:

I’m truly amazed each time I see 135mm action shots focused via rangefinder! 

Practice - practice - practice! As the golfer Arnold Palmer once said, "It's a funny thing - the more I practice, the luckier I get!" 😁

Plus learning some "tricks of the trade."

For example, in the singer shot, I focused on the high-contrast, hard-edged microphone-ball mesh pattern, which was easier to see clearly and align more reliably than flesh and hairs. But which I knew would be almost exactly in the same focus-plane as the centerline of the face.

I also:

- do a focus self-check just before the performance/event, on a static subject, to find out "Just how is the combination of lens, RF and my eyes working tonight? Right on, or a tendency to back, or front, focus?"

I "tune up" my performance ahead of time, the way a guitarist tunes his guitar - the Leica "is my axe, man!" (And, yeah, I'm shooting digital, so can check focus on the spot).

- Keep on checking my work throughout the event, to make sure I or the gear are not "drifting" away from peak performance.

- pre-focus on a static subject (e.g. microphone on a stand) and then wait for the main subject (in moving around) to align with the pre-focused point. Which is very often a "good moment" as well.

- continuously check the two RF windows and the eyepiece for contrast-killing skin-grease smears (fingerprints and nose prints), and keep them all wiped down with a microfiber cloth. (I'm often swapping lenses to a 21, and when I frame through the 21's accessory finder with my right eye, the tip of my nose always plants itself directly into the M's RF eyepiece glass. 🤪

- Bracket the focus across several shots, when possible, with a tiny twist of the focus ring - about one "knurling rib" each way.

I do not use continuous advance, but I still shoot a LOT at an unrepeatable event. To rephrase the advice my college photojournalism professor gave us about film 50 years ago - "Electrons are cheap; coming back without a picture is expensive!"

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In driving my skills and passion I’m ready to explore the 135 APO and just ordered.  Looking forward to yet another new perspective.
 

Additionally looking forward to posting in this thread -  I have the EVF as I tend to use it occasionally with my 75 so hopefully will have a reasonable focus hit rate 

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On 11/21/2024 at 1:36 AM, adan said:

Practice - practice - practice! As the golfer Arnold Palmer once said, "It's a funny thing - the more I practice, the luckier I get!" 😁

Plus learning some "tricks of the trade."

For example, in the singer shot, I focused on the high-contrast, hard-edged microphone-ball mesh pattern, which was easier to see clearly and align more reliably than flesh and hairs. But which I knew would be almost exactly in the same focus-plane as the centerline of the face.

I also:

- do a focus self-check just before the performance/event, on a static subject, to find out "Just how is the combination of lens, RF and my eyes working tonight? Right on, or a tendency to back, or front, focus?"

I "tune up" my performance ahead of time, the way a guitarist tunes his guitar - the Leica "is my axe, man!" (And, yeah, I'm shooting digital, so can check focus on the spot).

- Keep on checking my work throughout the event, to make sure I or the gear are not "drifting" away from peak performance.

- pre-focus on a static subject (e.g. microphone on a stand) and then wait for the main subject (in moving around) to align with the pre-focused point. Which is very often a "good moment" as well.

- continuously check the two RF windows and the eyepiece for contrast-killing skin-grease smears (fingerprints and nose prints), and keep them all wiped down with a microfiber cloth. (I'm often swapping lenses to a 21, and when I frame through the 21's accessory finder with my right eye, the tip of my nose always plants itself directly into the M's RF eyepiece glass. 🤪

- Bracket the focus across several shots, when possible, with a tiny twist of the focus ring - about one "knurling rib" each way.

I do not use continuous advance, but I still shoot a LOT at an unrepeatable event. To rephrase the advice my college photojournalism professor gave us about film 50 years ago - "Electrons are cheap; coming back without a picture is expensive!"

 

Wow!

What incredible advice! Thanks a lot! 

 

 

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An older Asian tourist couple in Frankfurt's train station district. Frankfurt, Germany

M-A with Apo-Telyt-M 1:3.4/135, ISO 800, f4, 1/500, Kodak P3200 Tmax + orange filter

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San Juan Islands, Washington. 11/30/24 Leica M10M 135mm APO

 

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Mount Shasta in the afternoon - 3 shot pano...

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On 12/1/2024 at 8:28 PM, lexffm said:

 

An older Asian tourist couple in Frankfurt's train station district. Frankfurt, Germany

M-A with Apo-Telyt-M 1:3.4/135, ISO 800, f4, 1/500, Kodak P3200 Tmax + orange filter


How did you meter the scene? Did you have an external light meter?

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