How to Focus by Feel on your Rangefinder Film Camera 

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Distance scales and focus tabs are the street photographer's best friends. Also you don't need to guess the distance perfectly. If you think your subject is between 2 and 5 meters from you, you can just focus at 5 meters or even farther and the subject is still in focus when using f/5.6 or more. The farther you focus, the greater your depth of field is. On the opposite, if you focus near, about 1.5 or 2 meters and your subject was at 3 or 4 meters from you, the subject can be slightly out of focus. Sorry if it sound like a mess, I don't speak English. Summary, if you're not sure about the distance of your subject, just focus on the far side😝

Yessssirrrski! This technique made me fall in love and understand the 28mm focal length a lot more. Resetting to infinity every time makes you feel like you’re reloading a clip a little, haha.

Haha editing a video on this right now. Good work man this is important to teach for people that dont understand the functionality of the rangefinder system.

Genius, the tip with the distance to the thumb is awesome! Gonna try that from now on!

so true.. focusing tab is so good!!

Great tip, thank you!

Damn. Knowledge dropped. 🔥

Whoa this is dope thanks dude!!! 💯💯💯

Learned another technique 🔥📸 thanks man!

Learned something new! To always start at infinity

keep ‘em comin 😈

That's a very good tip. Thanks for sharing !

Hey Chris Chu, could you do a video in your series on rangefinders about how to properly load film while standing/walking? All the videos show someone sitting down; the difficulty is when you are swapping a film for another, while holding the bottom plate. What’s the secret?

This is something I would like to have on the X100 series

Can I do this with the 50mm lens as well?

Chris great video! I use the middle position but you are a good point by simplifying it down to two positions. I did a vid recently contemplating selling my Harley for a Leica, if you have a moment check it out. Let me what you think of the video.

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So what you’re saying is