[Leica] IMG: A Lesson That Should Have Been Obvious

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks, Ted.  I do shoot the baseball action with the lens touching the 
fence, usually centered on an opening.  And, it works just fine.  But, 
trying to capture a subject who was just beyond the fence presented 
another problem.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/10/2016 1:28 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> You should've popped the lens near wide open and turned off Auto-focus! 
> Then
> you'd have lots of sharp images. Actually the closer you are to the fence
> the less fence is seen and the umpire would be sharp!
>
> When I was shooting my grandson as a baseball pitcher
> my lens was nearly always wide open and the lens outer lens barrel ring was
> touching the fence and I never looked to see where the wire crossed the
> lens.
>
> This completely made the fence so far out of focus you never saw any 
> effects
> of the fence and the pitcher was always tack sharp!
> Obviously the outer lens barrel metal or whatever touched the fence, But
> don't worry about it just shoot away and all will be cool!  :-)
> cheers
> Dr.  ted  :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Jim Nichols
> Sent: May-10-16 10:29 AM
> To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: A Lesson That Should Have Been Obvious
>
> Autofocus can be a blessing when shooting sports, but not if one is
> shooting through the fence.  This friendly umpire chatted with my family
> members several times between innings, and I attempted to snap a photo.
> But, as I should have expected, the focus is on the fence wire.  And I
> am not proficient enough at shooting MF with an AF lens to attempt a
> changeover on the fly.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF3448fm.tif.html
> Fuji X-E1 with Fuji 27mm Pancake lens
>
> Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
>