Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]lea wrote: > > <<(and remember that, if your main purpose is macro photography, autofocus is of > very little use at all),>> > > This is the second time in a week (maybe 2) that I've seen a statement like this. > Could someone explain WHY autofocus macro isn't of use. I use it all the > time...from 35mm to 645 and you couldn't pay me to give it up. > > Perhaps the statement comes from people doing a different type of macro work than > what I do? > Lea At "true" macro ranges (i.e. 1:1 or maybe even 1:2), the camera inevitably picks the wrong thing to focus on. Since DOF is so shallow, and the subject (usually) fills the frame, there are many different places it could pick, but only the photographer knows which is the right one... Isaac >