Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:43 PM 5/11/2007, you wrote: >Perfect example: I have just been asked to do a fashion shoot for an upscale >NYC store. Children in clothing and outdoors. Shots need to be spot on >focus, and I always find moving kids is always tough with manual focus. I >can't afford to get the right 'shot' and then 100% mag it to find sharp >ears, soft eyes. > >So the question - Has anyone made the switch from a DMR to the canon 5D >lately? Regrets? > >Eric Last night I took photos for a Habitat for Humanities program. I took my M8 and my Canon 5D. There were several small children who were the recipients of the Habitat house that I was trying to photograph. As long as they were sitting still and occupied with something, I prefer the shots I got with the M8. When they were up and moving around, there was no way I could keep up them with the M8. I got a few shots when I prefocused, but for the shots when the kids were moving aroung, the Canon 5D was much better - very fast focus and I could switch the focus spot very quickly. This is not a switch from a DMR to a Canon 5D but a combination of manual focus M8 and the Canon 5D. Hope that helps. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com