Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted. I do shoot the baseball action with the lens touching the fence, usually centered on an opening. And, it works just fine. But, trying to capture a subject who was just beyond the fence presented another problem. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/10/2016 1:28 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jim, > You should've popped the lens near wide open and turned off Auto-focus! > Then > you'd have lots of sharp images. Actually the closer you are to the fence > the less fence is seen and the umpire would be sharp! > > When I was shooting my grandson as a baseball pitcher > my lens was nearly always wide open and the lens outer lens barrel ring was > touching the fence and I never looked to see where the wire crossed the > lens. > > This completely made the fence so far out of focus you never saw any > effects > of the fence and the pitcher was always tack sharp! > Obviously the outer lens barrel metal or whatever touched the fence, But > don't worry about it just shoot away and all will be cool! :-) > cheers > Dr. ted :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Jim Nichols > Sent: May-10-16 10:29 AM > To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion > Subject: [Leica] IMG: A Lesson That Should Have Been Obvious > > Autofocus can be a blessing when shooting sports, but not if one is > shooting through the fence. This friendly umpire chatted with my family > members several times between innings, and I attempted to snap a photo. > But, as I should have expected, the focus is on the fence wire. And I > am not proficient enough at shooting MF with an AF lens to attempt a > changeover on the fly. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF3448fm.tif.html > Fuji X-E1 with Fuji 27mm Pancake lens > > Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated. >