Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 11 May 2003 00:02 Subject: Re: [Leica] A break for lunch > Sonny called and told me about this shot. He also advised me to shoot the > Panasonic in manual focus mode, as the field depth is enormous. Your shot > here is certainly a good indicator of that. Too cool. > > Jeff > > > At 07:46 PM 5/10/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/digi02.html > > > >--Graham ========================================== Jeffery, I had discussed depth of field with Sonny Carter and he told me that if I focussed on something about 10 feet into the shot everything else would be sharp because the depth of field is "immense". I shot the pic in autofocus, locked onto a mid tone point 10 feet in ( I was in spot exposure mode) and then reframed. If Sonny ever decides to back date me on consultancy fees I will have to sell the Leica. I actually took the shot with Sonny Carter and the guys on IRC in mind. It occurred to me that by the miracle of digital photography and the internet I could show them all where I had sat for lunch and have the picture on screen in Natchitoches, Terra Bella and Corpus Christi within minutes of getting home. I know I sound like a hick but this technology impresses the hell out of me. I was too lazy to stand up for the shot and was stuck for some foreground so I improvised :-) I know to my cost that humour doesn't always translate via web postings but it makes me smile every time I look at it so I decided to give it a wider audience than the clientele in the virtual pub on IRC. Thanks for looking. - --Graham - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html