Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't start thinking about instituting a PAD now that digital has made photography instant. Even with digital, a PAW is still a daunting task for me. Jeffery At 09:17 AM 5/11/2003 +0100, you wrote: >From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: 11 May 2003 00:02 >Subject: Re: [Leica] A break for lunch > > > > Sonny called and told me about this shot. He also advised me to shoot the > > Panasonic in manual focus mode, as the field depth is enormous. Your shot > > here is certainly a good indicator of that. Too cool. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > At 07:46 PM 5/10/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > >http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/digi02.html > > > > > >--Graham >========================================== >Jeffery, >I had discussed depth of field with Sonny Carter and he told me that if I >focussed on something about 10 feet into the shot everything else would be >sharp because the depth of field is "immense". I shot the pic in autofocus, >locked onto a mid tone point 10 feet in ( I was in spot exposure mode) and >then reframed. If Sonny ever decides to back date me on consultancy fees I >will have to sell the Leica. > >I actually took the shot with Sonny Carter and the guys on IRC in mind. It >occurred to me that by the miracle of digital photography and the internet I >could show them all where I had sat for lunch and have the picture on screen >in Natchitoches, Terra Bella and Corpus Christi within minutes of getting >home. I know I sound like a hick but this technology impresses the hell out >of me. > >I was too lazy to stand up for the shot and was stuck for some foreground so >I improvised :-) I know to my cost that humour doesn't always translate via >web postings but it makes me smile every time I look at it so I decided to >give it a wider audience than the clientele in the virtual pub on IRC. >Thanks for looking. > >--Graham > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html