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Leica M9P

Focusing with a rangefinder — Digital Precision

The M9 includes a high precision rangefinder mechanism. Even so, Leica M film users have always found that they need the mechanism adjusted over time; it is a mechanical linkage between lenses and camera, and being mechanical, it is subject to change with temperature and time and use.

My field shooting over 2+ years suggests that for 35mm and wider lenses, focus accuracy is excellent if the camera body is carefully adjusted, and provided also that vision is 20/20 and the subject matter provides a suitable target for focusing. At 50mm and beyond, errors can begin to creep in; eliminate user error by using the viewfinder magnifiers.

DSLRs also have viewfinder accuracy issues (as documented in Making Sharp Images), but virtually all DSLRs now have a Live View feature for critical work, as well as autofocus.

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