Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]okay--here you have your chapter dividers for the tales book tips & tales ric On Sep 29, 2012, at 11:20 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > MANUALLY: FOCUSING SUPER WIDE ANGLE LENSES ON SLRS > > > > A small note regarding focusing with wide angle lenses! Trust me it works > perfectly and quickly right on the mark when using SLR cameras! Although > you > may require a few practice runs to hit it right on. > > If using a wide lens and you are about to shoot, even before you look > through the lens, quickly crank the focusing ring to it's closest point of > focus. > > When you look through the viewfinder everything should be nothing but a > wild > wild blur of out of focus scene. > > Now begin to focus from that point and the scene-situation will pop into > clear focus in a far better manner than starting to focus from the > infinity > mark! Trust me it works magically as your eye will see the sharpness much > better from closest point, than starting from infinity. > > I've worked in this fashion literally thousands upon thousands of times > and > it's never failed me. > > If you don't believe me.... go out and try a few times. > > Don't look through the viewfinder and crank it to the closest point, have > that movement completed "BEFORE YOU PUT THE CAMERA TO YOUR EYE!" Then > begin your focus routine and you will be quite surprized. It may take a > fewpractice runs before you smooth it out. But certainly worth a try. > BEFORE YOU ARE SHOOTING A PAYING ASSIGNMENT!!! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information