[Leica] My first successful picture of my son

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

Ryan,

Your'e off to a good start, very nice photo of your son.  The eyes are best 
to aim for focus as you have found, and it just takes practice.  I have the 
1.25x magnifier and it works pretty good, but you see only the center area 
of the viewfinder.   Most on here like the stronger magnifier, but you have 
the same problem, but the 1.25 lets you see more of the vf, which is why I 
like it.  I don't use diopter correction lenses, just my glasses and they 
work just fine for me.

Cheers,
Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Scott Bardsley" <rbardsley at gmail.com>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:51:54 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [Leica] My first successful picture of my son


Hello,

I am getting better at capturing the little monsters with my M8 as they run 
(and crawl) around our house. Honestly, they are great practice. I am 
becoming more familiar with the lens focus, and which direction to turn it 
as they constantly move closer and further away from me because it ?makes 
daddy grumble.? It is still a bit hard for me to see the area I am trying to 
focus on, especially when I don?t necessarily have a well-lit edge to align. 
But, I gather that will come in time. In general, what is a good place to 
focus on for a human face? I have been trying several settings, but it seems 
like the eyes offer a good balance between capturing the expression and 
having a nice soft edge to their face. Sometimes I find that the nose is 
also out of focus. Again, more time behind the lens will cure this, I am 
sure. 

Does anyone have experience with adding the diopter correction attachments 
to the viewfinder? What about that viewfinder magnifier? It is still a bit 
tricky for me to see the focusing area very well.

Either way, I am loving my M8. I ordered a strap for it so I can have it at 
the ready all the time. I have been trying to keep it with me so I can get 
used to trying to capture things I see on my commute. Getting up and close 
with strangers on the street hasn?t happened just yet. I don?t live in the 
nicest of areas.

Here is my son:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rbardsley/L1000193.png.html

Why he thinks this is how you ?smile? for the camera, we have no idea. It is 
a consistent response and I am sure you will be seeing more of these in the 
future. 

Please, comment away? I am just starting. I would love the help.

Ryan
Boston, MA

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