Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, I took these closeup pictures with tripod. I set camera between f8 and f4. I don't uunderstand how to use DOF preview on my nikon FM2n. when i press the lever for DOF, I see it deem down in my viewfinder. what is this tell me ? thank you very much for reply. Olivier >From: "telyt@earthlink.net" <telyt@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] a few more pics >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:13:18 -0400 > >olivier nguyen <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714431 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714435 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714442 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714444 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714450 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714451 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714456 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714457 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714459 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714461 > > > ... closeup photo. It look like I does not have enought depth. what > > should I do to get total sharpness of the subject ? > >Olivier, the math is simple. closeup + hand-held = no depth of field. > >No matter what closeup equipment you use, there's very limited depth of >field unless you stop the lens down to a very small aperture. Small >aperture = slow shutter speed, which means tripod. In some cases one can >arrange the photo elements more-or-less in a plane but that can't always be >done. Using a small aperture, you'll need to be more aware of backgrounds >and how they will appear at the smal aperture. Use the camera's >depth-of-field preview to see if the background areas become unacceptably >busy or cluttered at the small aperture. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web - Check your email from the web at >http://mail2web.com/ . > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html No Archive _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html