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Subject: Re: [OM] [Leica] Statistics
From: Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:51:38 +0200
Le 14 juil. 2014 à 20:00, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> ALL of the out of focus errors with the Fuji were caused by a switch or
> button or lens collar moving to a different position by itself.  The manual
> focus switch on the front, the aperture ring, the manual/auto focus collar
> on the lenses, the exposure controls all moved too easily, especially
> bouncing in the back of a truck or messed with by curious kids.  I got so
> paranoid that I had to check every setting before I took a photo;
> therefore, I used the Leicas more and more on the trip.
> 

And yet we all know how extra careful you are with the gear Tina ;-)

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Amitiés
Philippe 



> Tina
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> The focus (or oof) rate is very interesting.
>> My observation with autofocus has always been that unless I take a long
>> time making sure the autofocus sensor is exactly where I wish focus to
>> fall, or I am using a slowish zoom, stopped down, autofocus shots often
>> disappoint by not quite having focus where I want it.
>> Is this the possibly why you rejected so many of the Fuji shots, or were
>> they mainly macro (which almost always have some oof problems IME...). Or
>> is it just me who hasn't mastered autofocus for anything other than
>> quicksilver grandchildren!
>> Frank D
>> 
>> On 13 Jul, 2014, at 22:25, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> PESO:
>>> 
>>> This is the kind of thing you can research when you have LR ;-)
>>> 
>>> I have finally finished editing all of the photos from Honduras.  I took
>>> 1839 photos in all:  869 with the Fuji, 549 with the M240, and 411 with
>> the
>>> MM.
>>> 
>>> Of those, I deleted 243 that were out of focus: 206 with the Fuji, 23
>> with
>>> the M240, and 14 with the MM.
>>> 
>>> From the remaining, I gave my highest rating of 4 stars to 103 photos: 33
>>> with the Fuji, 22 with the M240, and 48 with the MM.
>>> 
>>> Of the 7 lenses I used, the ones that did the best were the Leica 35/2.0,
>>> Leica 50/1.4, and Leica 90/2.0.
>>> 
>>> What I have concluded is that I love the results I get with the MM.  I
>> will
>>> be carrying it more often in the future, along with those three lenses.
>>> 
>>> I'm not giving up on the Fuji, but it certainly did not solve my focusing
>>> problem and I was encouraged by the number that I did get in focus with
>> the
>>> Leicas!  Maybe all of that focusing I did with the Auto-refractor helped
>> ;-)
>>> 
>>> I hope this is interesting to some.  It was invaluable to me.  I'll be
>>> posting some of the 4's next week.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley
>>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley
> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
> 
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