Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > I'd really be curious as to how many SLR users on this list actually > use > > > the DOF preview??? > > > I do. I find it very valuable for evaluating the degree to which areas > outside > the plane of focus, both foreground and background, will > influence the overall > look of the photo. It's particularly useful with > long lenses and macro > subjects, where out-of-focus elements may appear as > a wash of color or as > an identifiable although out-of-focus object. If > I'm stopping down for DOF and > I don't want some extremely out-of-focus > thing to become identifiable the > DOF preview is quite handy, to say the > least. > > And you can't figure that out by the f-stop you are at, and looking at the > DOF scale on your lense? Sure it has some use, but how do you determine > 'in focus' on the darkened fringe of the viewfinder of a 35mm camera? As > you say, you can probably gauge whether it's 'identifiable' or not...but > certainly not sharp focus... > Austin, > I'm not using it to determine if something is going to be in focus. I use the > scales on the lens for that. OK, please say more...