Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is not to see what is in sharp focus, but to judge the effects of different apertures on the immediate out of focus areas. Sometimes you are trying to just retain the "shape" of the nearly in focus object; a "suggestion" more than a statement. It is how out of focus the immediate fore and backgrounds are. Photographing in a forest, field or your front flower bed would be good examples. You isolate your main subject and then play with the aperture ring until you get the out of focus subjects in the right balance. Foe this the D.O.F. is invaluable. John Collier > From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> > >> I used to hang out with nature photographers, much to my parent's > distress, >> and....I am almost embarrassed to say this...we used the depth of field >> preview quite....gulp....often. > > It's OK to use it ;-) I am just curious why and what for? I have always > just used the DOF scale on the lense...and find it gives me enough accuracy > for what I need it for...and I haven't found the DOF preview to be any more > useful. That's just my photographic habit...doesn't mean anyone using it > isn't doing so for a good reason...whatever works for you! >