Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That would have been my recommendation as well. That's how I shoot with the D2H for sports. Once you get good at it, it becomes second nature to shoot an 80-200mm at f/2.8 or f/4 and get faces in focus. Jeff M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Ira's PAW - Week 18 - Woody Woodpecker > Hi Doug, > that is what I have been doing. It was a bit mischievous of me to ask > because I know that if there was a solution it would have circulated by > now. For a long time I thought I must be the only person to think > autofocus was crap for fast/long lenses, photography magazines test > autofocus ad nauseam, I only use autofocus for snapshots with small > apertures. It isn't good enough on any of the cameras I have tried, > Canons D30, 10D, 5D and 1Ds Mk2, nor a Nikon D200 if using a fast prime > lens. You never get focus on eyes automatically and on flying birds an in > focus wing with soft head is the best to hope for. Using just the centre > point, focus lock and re-framing works a bit like an M leica though! > Frank > > > On 10 May, 2007, at 14:22, Doug Herr wrote: > >> There is a very detailed answer waiting to come out of my keyboard if >> only I could type fast enough before running off to catch the bus to >> work. Sort answer: turn the AF off. More this evening (and thanks for >> the free plug, Hoppy!) >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.widlightphoto.com >> >> On May 10, 2007, at 1:09 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: >> >>> You have the same problem I do if I use autofocus. The tree is in focus >>> and the bird not quite. It would have been all the more noticeable with >>> a wider aperture. I find the autofocus point choice of the cameras I >>> have used only to be OK for slow zooms where the depth of field covers >>> a multitude of errors. I find that in order to get the part of my >>> subject in focus that -I- choose I need to define the focus point and >>> focus lock or use manual focus. The motor racing pros I know usually do >>> not use autofocus either for the same reason. Has anybody on the list >>> found a trick for using autofocus effectively for long and/or fast >>> lenses? >>> Frank >>> >>> On 10 May, 2007, at 06:49, ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> So it's not really Woody W., but rather Nuttall's Woodpecker, who has >>>> been >>>> announcing his presence outside our front window morning and night: >>>> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW >>>> +18.jpg.html_ >>>> >>>> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW >>>> +18.jpg.html) >>>> >>>> Same fellow, this time at work: >>>> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW >>>> +18A.jpg.html >>>> _ >>>> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW >>>> +18A.jpg.html) >>>> >>>> Both with Canon 30D, 75-300 EF IS Zoom, ISO 800. >>>> >>>> As always, comments welcomed and appreciated. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Ira Silverman >>>> Irvine, California >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ************************************** See what's free at http:// >>>> www.aol.com. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >