Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well.....there's no law that says I must use my camera in AF mode. It has a very clear 100% viewfinder which is easy to focus anywhere within it by eye. I just have to flip a switch on the side of the camera to convert to manual focus. And sometimes I do just that. But....how do you focus the way you do with an M-Leica? Dan C. At 02:24 PM 04-11-00 -0800, Douglas Herr wrote: > >one problem *I* have with autofocus (and auto-exposure, for that matter) is that I want to be able to focus over the *entire* viewscreen and push the button before the critter moves, instead of putting the critter dead-center in the viewfinder, carefully pushing a button halfway, recomposing while the bird is hopping or flying around, hoping I've kept just the right pressure on the focus (or exposure) "hold" while following the creature through its antics. The auto features are more hinderance than help for me. > >BTW I've just gotten a photo of a Sharp-shinned Hawk from this year's fall migration at Hawk Hill. I'll post the URL when it's on my website. IMHO it's an excellent example of how well-designed manual focus/manual exposure equipment can work with active subjects. > >While I'm on my soap box I want to mention another of the supposedly great advancements in technology ... VR! I've read from user's reports that the N**** 80-400 VR lens, in one of its VR modes, can take as long as 1 SECOND between mashing the button and the camera opening the shutter. If this is true it will be a very long time before I abandon my shoulder-stocked Telyts for this new-fangled techno-wonder.