Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Herr SHOWED: Subject: [Leica] IMG: Power stroke >A Northern Shoveler demonstrates his power stroke: > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/noshov03.html > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Novoflex Telyt, tripod. All comments > welcome. Hi Doug, This photograph illustrates not just a beautiful captured moment. But quite an incredible handling ability image also! There is a photographic lesson here for many of those who today............ think 99.99% of time in "AUTO EVERYTHING and AUTO FOCUS!!! Everything! Method in handling of camera gear! Not all, but 99.9%! As yet I have not seen one comment about your handling of the manual focus 560mm lens to capture this image! For those of you who have never ever handled the 400mm 6.8 nor the 560mm 6.8 Leica sliding barrel manual focus lens? Please let me explain that what you are looking at is, an absolutely amazing sharp as a tack photograph of a flying bird as the "HUMAN BEING" photographer follow manual focused each move of the bird in flight! "AUTO FOCUS??????? " Well any idiot can squezee on the shutter button and the lens is in focus faster than you can spit! "MANUAL FOCUS????????" 99.99% will miss the shot completely & blow the focus! That is unless you have lots of manual focus shooting time under your belt and your lightening swift hands on the lens work like a bolt of lightening! So Doug, once again please accept great praise for your ability in handling lens gear as fast as you do. Quite incredible really! May the New Year bless you with the same swiftness of ability! And years to come! Good on you lad! It's a beauty! cheers, ted