Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: > >On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Doug Herr wrote: > >> MF or AF? (no enlarged EVF) >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/btha04crop.jpg >> >> uncropped: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/leporidae/bthare04.html >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/wfib01crop1.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/wfib01crop2.jpg >> >> the image as shown on my website is about 1/3 of the image area >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfib01.html >> >> I have many more that illustrate the point but I don't have cropped >> images handy. For TTL manual focus a sharp lens and a good viewfinder >> with proper diopter correction > > > >> make a big difference. > >though only in the highly developed, skilled hands of a consummate >craftsman. >which speaks to Steve's point >just as you speak to the gear point. > >It all has to come together: >subject >content >tools >artist/craftsperson > Agreed... what I was primarily responding to was Frank Filippone's assertion that "AF is the solution" which clearly is not universally true. For many people in the circumstances they ordinarily encounter it's a good solution, for others it's not. I'd be delighted if people avoided these absolute pronouncements because more often than not, YMMV. What I was respo Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com