Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5

[Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com>]

Uwe

A good response and I accept your point about the ever changing technology (and
therefore ever increasing expenditure).

Know what you mean about the children.  Luckily mine can't yet accelerate that
fast, so I set F16 on the M6 and hope they stay within the depth of field.

Simon

Uweflammer@aol.com wrote:

> <<OK, so that I can understand how non AF people operate is fast action, what
> are
> your (and the groups) opinion on this.>>
>
> I never did wildlife pictures in Africa - if i would do, i would checkout the
> Novoflex system at first, before thinking about AF. I do not want to bash the
> AF. But as amateur photographer, who cannot earn money with his pictures, i
> do not want to spend a lot of money in electronic technology which changes
> every some years. I prefer a simple technology, with limited number of
> functions, which i can practise and understand in my limited free time. Of
> course, i am loosing pictures sometimes. But according to my experience, i
> will loose even more if i would entrust too much in automation.
>
> If i want to do a shot of a moving object, i try to preset all adjustments
> before and wait until the object appears in focus. My favourite (moving)
> subjects are people and all sorts of vehicules, and here, this method nearly
> always works. Only children are sometimes difficult, they can behave
> incalculably.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe.