Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/05

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:50:06 -0500

Am I pulling hen's teeth?  I'll get some bigger pliers...  What autofocus camera/lense are you using for this, and what FFFFFFF STOP?

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From: 	Dan Cardish
Sent: 	Sunday, November 05, 2000 11:12 AM
To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: 	RE: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread

I often shoot hand held portrait type shots in low light, close to wide
open (using either a 50 or a 100), and I focus on one of the eyes.  This is
where AF never fails me.   If I were focusing on an elephant, I think I
could do the same, at the appropriate distance.  Next time I am at the zoo,
I will try it.

Dan C.

At 09:47 AM 05-11-00 -0500, you wrote:
>At what distance?  Are you taking pictures of elephants?  What F are you
using at the time?
>
>The question is, what, exactly, is it you are doing?
>
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>From: 	Dan Cardish
>Sent: 	Sunday, November 05, 2000 4:15 AM
>To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: 	RE: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread
>
>I do it all the time.  Never fails me.
>
>Dan C.
>
>At 10:45 PM 04-11-00 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote:
>[snip]
>> There is no way you can tell it to focus halfway down the face 
>>so only the left eye of your subject is in focus.  
>[snip]
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