Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 14 juil. 2014 ? 20:00, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> a ?crit : > ALL of the out of focus errors with the Fuji were caused by a switch or > button or lens collar moving to a different position by itself. The manual > focus switch on the front, the aperture ring, the manual/auto focus collar > on the lenses, the exposure controls all moved too easily, especially > bouncing in the back of a truck or messed with by curious kids. I got so > paranoid that I had to check every setting before I took a photo; > therefore, I used the Leicas more and more on the trip. > And yet we all know how extra careful you are with the gear Tina ;-) http://www.blurb.fr/b/1896084-lug-yearbook-2010-fifth-anniversary Amiti?s Philippe > Tina > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at > btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> The focus (or oof) rate is very interesting. >> My observation with autofocus has always been that unless I take a long >> time making sure the autofocus sensor is exactly where I wish focus to >> fall, or I am using a slowish zoom, stopped down, autofocus shots often >> disappoint by not quite having focus where I want it. >> Is this the possibly why you rejected so many of the Fuji shots, or were >> they mainly macro (which almost always have some oof problems IME...). Or >> is it just me who hasn't mastered autofocus for anything other than >> quicksilver grandchildren! >> Frank D >> >> On 13 Jul, 2014, at 22:25, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> PESO: >>> >>> This is the kind of thing you can research when you have LR ;-) >>> >>> I have finally finished editing all of the photos from Honduras. I took >>> 1839 photos in all: 869 with the Fuji, 549 with the M240, and 411 with >> the >>> MM. >>> >>> Of those, I deleted 243 that were out of focus: 206 with the Fuji, 23 >> with >>> the M240, and 14 with the MM. >>> >>> From the remaining, I gave my highest rating of 4 stars to 103 photos: 33 >>> with the Fuji, 22 with the M240, and 48 with the MM. >>> >>> Of the 7 lenses I used, the ones that did the best were the Leica 35/2.0, >>> Leica 50/1.4, and Leica 90/2.0. >>> >>> What I have concluded is that I love the results I get with the MM. I >> will >>> be carrying it more often in the future, along with those three lenses. >>> >>> I'm not giving up on the Fuji, but it certainly did not solve my focusing >>> problem and I was encouraged by the number that I did get in focus with >> the >>> Leicas! Maybe all of that focusing I did with the Auto-refractor helped >> ;-) >>> >>> I hope this is interesting to some. It was invaluable to me. I'll be >>> posting some of the 4's next week. >>> >>> Tina >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information