Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi phew.....i'm glad to hear i'm not the only person using a Leica M and not actively using zone focusing / hyperfocusing.....:) when i trawl online forums, lists etc i get the impression most Leica M users are doing hyperfocusing / zone focusing for most of their street shooting / moving subject shots.... i know the theory behind it but often there's no way i can put it in practice, since most of my shooting is done in the f2 - f4 region. Even with a 35mm, it's easy to see when the subject's eyes are not in focus, especially when a bigger enlargement is called for. i can understand if one shoots f8 all the time in good light or uses 1600 film most of the time though.......... boon hwee - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Welch" <eric@jphotog.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] What a prosumer camera is > It is not ridiculous at all. There is a plane of optimum focus - he's > not talking about the film plane, he's talking about the other end. And > the fact of the matter is, there is one plane where focus is optimum. > It shows in photos where the subjects eyes are not the sharpest part of > the photo. The longer the lens, the more important it becomes. But even > with wide angle lenses, there's a perceptible best point of focus in > many photos, and if the subject's eyes (assuming you're photographing > people) is not in that plane, the photo suffers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html