Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --- Rick Dykstra <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au> wrote: > Harrison Mcclary wrote: > > > If you want to learn to follow focus go to a > highway with a lot of film and > > a long lens and photograph cars...following > focusing on them as they > > approach. After a few days of this you will see a > large improvement in your > > abilities. > > You'll also notice the regular traffic has slowed > down, and the odd car > nosediving as the brakes are jammed on! > > I'm with Harrison on the benefits of an autofocus > sensor free > viewfinder. You get a better composed shot when the > whole screen is a > focus sensor. Since I've been using the F5, my > soccer action shots are > often poorly composed, although generally well > focussed. The F5 is > supposed to hand autofocus tracking from the initial > pickup sensor to > the others as the action moves across the screen. > Works about half the > time for me, so I tend to just stick to the middle > sensor. > > Also, having learned focus tracking with a Leica, > turing the lens > clockwise to focus closer, I cannot make the mental > adjustment to do it > the other way with a Nikon. It's like it's > imprinted. > > Regards > Find a nice, quiet, deep lake. Row out to the middle. Drop F5 overboard. Leave. Don't look back. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/