Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:31 PM 5/1/2001 -0500, lea wrote: >It would appear you and I have differing views. And MY but you are hostile about >yours. Instead of being unnecessarily snippy, why not understand the difference between close-up, macro, and micro work. I do a lot of macro and some micro work, and it is most demanding stuff; close-up work, by comparison, is almost easy. Depth of Field becomes excruciating in macro work, which is why others have opined that auto-focus isn't a useful tool in macro or micro work. These really aren't opinions, ma'am: these are facts. And a number of us would like to know what sort of work you are doing and at what magnifications. It IS okay to be wrong, here on the LUG. I have had my nippers stomped on quite a number of times, and I have learned much from the often-indelicate assertions of those more knowledgeable than I am, among which number Henning and Jim rank high (even though Jim has an atrocious taste in automobiles, but, hey!, let's not get personal here.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!