Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do this with my Minolta 9. There's a handy little focus lock button on the back of the camera right where my thumb falls, and I'm able to lock the (auto)focus wherever I choose. It's become second nature to me. -dan c. At 07:02 PM 09-10-04 -0400, Phong wrote: >Richard F. Man wrote: >> That's one of the things that get me about auto-focus >> cameras. Here we are discussing whether to focus >> on the far or near eye where autofocus cameras >> use 6 googelplex of focus points and blast away! Are we >> Leicaphiles doom to play with F1.4/F2 to have thin >> narrow DOF and miss out the fun of blasting >> away with F2.8/3.5 and fill flash? > >Hi Richard, > >I still have the same issue when using my DSLR. >I always use a single focus point (so that >I control what the camera focuses on) >and set that focus point on the near eye, >(and possibly lock the focus for subsequent >shots) recompose and shoot. If I let the camera >choose the focus point, it may choose the near >ear and both eyes will be out of focus. :-) > >And I prefer to shoot without flash, fairly wide >open (f1.4 and f2) indoors. I don't mind closing >down to f4, but often the light is not there. Also >when shooting handheld, I rather gain in speed >than in DOF. Maybe when sensor performance >improves to the point where ISO 1600 is as good >as ISO 400, I will stop down to f4. > >- Phong > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >