Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you work with small depth of field my experience is that AF - always- gets it wrong unless you help it by selecting the af point. Wingtip in focus, rather than body in bird-in-flight shots, nose tip in focus rather than eyes in portraits. I accept that some of my subject will be "in the boke" when using fast lenses, it is just that - I- want to decide what it is, not the camera. Stopped down in good light with short zooms, where the sharpness plane does not stand out as much, af is fine. Few of the motor racing pros I know use AF all the time, and when they do it is only to get in the right ballpark quickly, you can then see them touching up the fine focus manually. Frank On 12 Sep, 2009, at 07:15, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> At 09:37 PM 9/11/2009, you wrote: >> >>> But did you say a Leica M was quicker to focus than autofocus >>> cameras >>> without mentioning shooting with a zone focusing concept going on? >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >> >> I can focus my Leica's faster than I can my Canon's. The Canon's you >> have to set a dial choosing a focus point, then the camera has to >> hunt and hunt in low light to focus. With the Leica, I usually have >> my fingers on the focus dial and by the time it's up to my eye, I've >> got it approximately where I want it to be, focus on the center of >> interest, recompose and shoot. I would much rather focus a >> rangefinder than a DSLR anyway - but that's just me. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> > Well you don't really have to chose a focus point do you? > Wont it just focus by itself? Cant be that much different from Nikons. > There are 4 different settings or incomprehensible automation on > mine. All > of it just seems to work. I don't even look through my camera for > half my > shots. Let alone pick points. Sure I sometimes move to a different > point. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information