Yes, I even broke my nose on an M8 and dropped two of them in a river in
Honduras, but they kept on working!! And I never moved any switches that I
didn't intend to move. I guess that's why I've almost always used Leicas!
Tina
For a photo of my broken nose, check the back cover of the 2008 LUG
Yearbook: http://www.blurb.com/books/522986-lug-yearbook-2008
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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 ;-)
>
> http://www.blurb.fr/b/1896084-lug-yearbook-2010-fifth-anniversary
>
> 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
> >>> --
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