Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Personally speaking, I would be happy with an 85% success rate with my 75/1.4 focused at 1.4. As everyone has stressed, it takes some getting used to to focus that lens correctly wide open. In fact, even though this is heresy, I usually use the lens stopped down a bit (to 2.8), so even though I am not taking advantage of the extra stops available, the bokeh is still very nice. dan c. At 10:25 PM 20-07-03 +0800, Nelson Chan wrote: >Ted, > >I would say 15% are throw outs. My subject is my 6 week old baby. She is >laying down on an upright cradle and I am shooting at one side. Since my >baby is small, I have to really shoot near the subject to more or less, fill >the frame. Most of the photos have one eye in focus only. Will shoot a >couple of rolls with the lens. Any suggestion for photographing babies >using the 75mm? or should I just use the nikon 85/1.4? OPPSSS. Sorry.:) > >Nelson > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 9:51 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing a 75 1.4 -- mitch's question > > >> Nelson Chan aked: >> Focusing a 75 1.4 . >> >> > I shot one roll of film using my newly purchased 75/1.4. 50% are out of >> > focus. The subject was my 6 week old baby. Distance is around .8 >meters, >> > aperture at wide open and focused on the nearest eye. sometimes the eye >> is >> > out of focus but the chin is right on. I don't know. I might have made >a >> > mistake buying this lens. Is it me or the lens?<<<<<< >> >> Hi Nelson, >> No it's not a mistake of purchase and no it's not your fault. It's the >lens >> and ones ability to focus it at f 1.4. If you like the look of the frames >in >> focus keep it. >> >> But you must learn how to "use it!" That's the hard part. >> >> Because that entails lots of practice, first with an empty camera focusing >> many many times at all kinds of distance. Then buy some cheap film and >blast >> a bunch of rolls shooting everything at f 1.4. Eventually you'll acquire >the >> feel of being on the mark. However, even then this is a very unforgiving >> lens wide open, so don't be surprised if you continue finding out of focus >> frames.. >> >> If you find your throw outs are too high, sell the lens and buy something >> easier to handle. >> ted >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html