Focusing issues

[grizzz]

I am starting to have real trouble focusing with my aging eyes. I am using the bessa R and was wondering if switching to the T with the 1.5 magnification would help me with this? I understand the switching between finder issue and don't think it would hurt me. My lenses are screw mount but an adapter would solve that. Is the T the easiest to focus or is there a better Bessa for focusing? My problem is in low light which is where I like to use the Bessa.


I guess I could just stick to my L and 25/4. My eyes can't mess with me with that one 🙂

Thanks, Grizz,

 

[grizzz]

🙁, no one has a T and an R that can help with this. Oh well. I wish there was a place around here that I could pick up a T and look through it. If one of the newer bodies focused better than the R I would move up as well..... I guess I'll just have to try to find them and see.

 

[clintock]

I have both the T and R-
the T is loads easier in every circumstance to focus.
The r is quite nitpicky even with perfect vision, as the rf spot moves with the focus, and if your pupil is not in the right place, the spot can disappear altogether, making one think they are in focus, when it's just the rf spot is gone missing.
It's made me get used to guess focusing first then bringing the R to my eye, which most would say is good practice anyway.
But with the T things are much easier. except for having to compensate for parallax with the external finder, but that's intuitive enough to be an automatic reflex if you ever had a fixed lens rangefinder or scale focus camera before-oh yeah, you've got an L already so you're good.

The R3a and r3m have a rf spot that is much easier to use in my opinion than the straight R finder. It's a little bigger and the disappearing thing seems to happen less,
Plus the increased magnification gives it a larger apparent displacement for focusing, the only drawback is the widest frame is for a 40. I don't have an R2a, it may be just as great as the R3a for all I know.

For the price, a T is just about essential if you already have an external viewfinder.
That's where the T gets ya, the precious external viewfinders..

 

[anabasis]

I have a T and an R2M. I like focusing with the T better as the whole image (which is magnified) is used as the rangefinder instead of just a patch in the middle.

While composing is a bit slower since you have to go from the RF finder to the external, I find the LED metering is easy to see in the corner of my eye while i am framing and adjusting the aperture.

I don't mind using the R2, but I enjoy focusing the T much more.

JCA

 

[Nokton48]

I have the T, and 2 of the R's. I prefer to use the rangefinder in the T for critical focusing, and in lower light. Agree with everything regarding the R, sometimes the rangefinder patch is hard to see, so you have to move your eye around. This is a problem, because, as you can't see the patch, you can tend to shoot without being in proper focus. Makes for wasted frames, and missed opportunities. 😱

So I guess between the two, I much prefer my new T. The adjustable ocular is just great😀

 

[dostacos]

🙁, no one has a T and an R that can help with this. Oh well. I wish there was a place around here that I could pick up a T and look through it. If one of the newer bodies focused better than the R I would move up as well..... I guess I'll just have to try to find them and see.

where is "around here?" if ya be in the Los Angeles area you could look at mine....

 

[grizzz]

Thanks all. Sounds like the T will do what I need. I don't use a RF when quick composition and change is needed. To that is what an SLR is for. So the T will help me greatly if It will help me focus.

Around hewre is Maryland near Washington DC. I don't know of a store here that carries any Bessa equipment at all.... If I did I would have just looked at them. thanks again... Grizz.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

I am not being facetious. I knew someone who had the same problem. She got new and stronger glasses and a 24mm lens. Worked like a charm.

 

[grizzz]

Oh, I have a 25/4 and can zone focus it like a champ. The glasses are coing but I don't know if they have them to help with low light yet 🙁