Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/2/04 3:50 PM, Dan Post at dpost@triad.rr.com wrote: > Doug- > Do you use an R system or an M? I have seen some of your work and you don't > seem to be having too much trouble getting them in focus! > Also- while on the topic of birds- do you shoot from some sort of blind or > can you just put the sneak on 'em? I would guess a blind of some sort with > the camera on a tripod from the apparent shrpness of them. > I have to admit, about the only wildlife I am adept at photographing are > those critters at the petting zoo! :o) > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:47 PM > Subject: DOF? Was: Re: [Leica] WAS-Leica M and Cosina Digitals. NOW-DOF > > >>> When you get down to it- how many of us really think about DOF while we > are >>> snapping away? I usually have too much other data to process! >>> Dan ( HOLD STILL, You little bugger)Post >> >> I do, constantly. With a long lens there isn't any to speak of and I want > the entire critter or at least its head to fit within the whole DOF. It's > like trying to put a basketball though the mail slot at the post office. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > Dan, I use R system, mostly Leicaflex SL and SL2. Sharp focus is easy with these cameras. The latest pheasant and nearly all the sparrows are from a blind at my back yard feeder, and there are probably 3 or 4 other photos on my website where I used a blind, but for the most part I'm in the open where they can see me. Many of the photos are made hand-held (with shoulder stock) or with a combination of shoulder stock and monopod. I find a tripod to be worse than useless in many field conditions, despite its sharpness advantages. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html