Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Now as long as we're considering the remote possibility of photographer > >error, let me jump to confess that after lots of trying with the 80mm R, I > >could never consistently put the focus plane where I wanted it. Some rolls > >would come back with hilariously misplaced planes of focus. One by one > >revealing that while there was indeed a razor sharp focus plane, and > >beaucoup bokeh, often nowhere near I intended it. I got it right between a > >third and half the time! There were even shots that turned out interesting, > >but fully unintentional in terms of what I had attempted to do. > >Compliments about the unintended focus plane in a particular photograph made > >it worse! I use the 75/1.4 (my favorite lense) with the M, and find focus with that camera really a charm! Even in very low light, I manage to get what I want in focus...sometimes, much to my surprise...and I shoot full open a LOT. > This, to me, is why autofocus is useless to the photographer-artist, > commercial/illustrative photographer, amateurs who want to control what > gets put on the film, etc. Bingo. I just sold my one autofocus (Fuji GA645...and bought a GS645 fully manual rangefinder) camera, because it just didn't focus or expose the way I wanted it to...and it was difficult to override. I guess some automatic cameras are better at manual controls than others... If you want point and shoot, that's what you are going to get, and the results will show it!