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<blockquote data-quote="Duane Pandorf" data-source="post: 264548" data-attributes="member: 845">I've become spoiled with my 35 Lux as it has a focusing tab whereas my 50 Lux pre-ASPH. and 75 Cron do not.&nbsp; I find the focusing tab increases my speed in focusing compared to my non tabbed lenses.&nbsp; The tab on my 35 Lux allows me to know a quick approximation on what distance the lens is focused at before I bring the camera up to my eye.&nbsp; The tab positioned at around the 8 o'clock position is at &quot;infinity&quot;, at the 6 o'clock position my distance scale reads around 6-8'.&nbsp; I also keep my camera at infinity, aperture wide open and shutter on A when its in the bag.&nbsp; I also keep the camera on in sleep mode so that when I'm carrying it on my shoulder, in the my hand or pulling it out of my bag, a light touch on the shutter button it wakes and is ready to shoot by the time I've brought the view finder to my eye.&nbsp; I now only have to move the focus ring in one direction, the aperture changes two clicks per stop.&nbsp; This way I have a set routine I can duplicate every time I'm out to photograph.I do spend a lot of time to this day practicing my focusing technique.&nbsp; I will will out at an object predict its distance and then without looking bring the camera up to my eye and by feel with the focus tab set the focus.&nbsp; Its usually a slight adjustment to nail focus from there.You may also want to check out Joeri Kloet's book &quot;Work your Leica&quot; (<a href="http://joerivanderkloet.com/category/work-your-leica-m/">http://joerivanderkloet.com/category/work-your-leica-m/</a>).&nbsp; He goes through several different exercises to help you practice many different focusing scenarios to help with your rangefinder focusing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Duane Pandorf, post: 264548, member: 845"] I've become spoiled with my 35 Lux as it has a focusing tab whereas my 50 Lux pre-ASPH. and 75 Cron do not. I find the focusing tab increases my speed in focusing compared to my non tabbed lenses. The tab on my 35 Lux allows me to know a quick approximation on what distance the lens is focused at before I bring the camera up to my eye. The tab positioned at around the 8 o'clock position is at "infinity", at the 6 o'clock position my distance scale reads around 6-8'. I also keep my camera at infinity, aperture wide open and shutter on A when its in the bag. I also keep the camera on in sleep mode so that when I'm carrying it on my shoulder, in the my hand or pulling it out of my bag, a light touch on the shutter button it wakes and is ready to shoot by the time I've brought the view finder to my eye. I now only have to move the focus ring in one direction, the aperture changes two clicks per stop. This way I have a set routine I can duplicate every time I'm out to photograph. I do spend a lot of time to this day practicing my focusing technique. I will will out at an object predict its distance and then without looking bring the camera up to my eye and by feel with the focus tab set the focus. Its usually a slight adjustment to nail focus from there. You may also want to check out Joeri Kloet's book "Work your Leica" ([URL]http://joerivanderkloet.com/category/work-your-leica-m/[/URL]). He goes through several different exercises to help you practice many different focusing scenarios to help with your rangefinder focusing. [/QUOTE]

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