Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <p05100302b87ccaccc1d0@[203.208.69.141]>, Alastair Firkin writes: > >G'day Arne, > >I'm sure others have better advice, but for me, I compose the type of >scene I want first, focus then return "quickly" to that set up and >take. For years my father used an SLR polaroid camera SX70 I think, >and all his portraits were in the lower third of the image, the focus >patch being towards the bottom of the viewfinder. I still slap myself >when a roll of film returns, and I've fallen for the same trap again. > Alastair, the method you are describing is the one I am using when I am more confident that I have sufficient DOF. The Noctilux, wide open, at close focusing distances does not allow for much recomposition, at least if the intention is to keep the subject in focus. - -- Arne - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html