Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What Doug said. My ground glass screen has a million focus points. There's always one where I need it! :-D Rick. http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nature None of these shots are cropped. Being able to focus anywhere on the screen is sure handy. On 24/07/2006, at 11:00 PM, Douglas Herr wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:49 AM, Roy Feldman wrote: > >> With auto focus the center square is usuallly the most sensitive >> as the >> focus points are measured in two directions. >> With all nikon cameras and I believe most canons (the used to both >> have the >> same menu function # for this) it is possible to disable the shutter >> auto-focus activation and just enable it with a button on the back >> only.Alot of press shooters use this because...;.I use center spot, >> hit back >> button...it focuses, recompose....shoot, the focus will remain at >> the spot >> where you did the first center spot reading. >> This way of shooting takes a bit of practice but I shoot sports >> for a major >> newspaper and all the photogs here do it this way. >> Like I said you have to try it out but once you get used to it you >> won't use >> any thing else, nothing worse than focusing, then composing and >> having the >> AF start focusing on the background, this way it is locked where >> you put it >> without having to hold in a locus lock button, it is focus locked >> by default > > this still doesn't work with an active subject where DOF is > measured in mm - which I encounter often. I need to focus AS > COMPOSED: focus-recompose-click DOESN'T WORK FOR ME regardless of > the technology used or the buttons assigned to each function. > Until the AF sensor can be positioned at ANY AND ALL parts of the > viewscreen as quickly as I move my center of vision it's USELESS > FOR ME - and AF-centric viewfinders SUCK for this purpose. No I'm > not press and no I'm not shooting events and I can see how AF can > be vital where composition is secondary to getting the picture. > For me, composition IS the picture. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information