[Leica] KISS for sam!!!!!!!!

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

WAY TO GO SAM!  YOU DAA MAN!! :-)

> Sam listened with interest since he enjoys technology and science. After
> all of that Sam said, "how come Ted can just point his camera, without even
> looking sometimes and get great shots?" <<<<<<<<

CHEERS,
ted :-) 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 4:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] KISS


> Each morning I drive my son Sam to school. That means 30 or 40 minutes in
> stop start traffic but we get to chat uninterrupted. Sam was with us in
> Barcelona and got to meet Ted for the second time. This time walking around
> with us once or twice when we were all shooting.
> 
> Today I was telling him about the amazing technology in the newest
> Hasselblad cameras that I saw last night. I had explained some basic sensor
> theory and was then talking about the auto-focus systems. You point the one
> centre AF spot at the eye you want sharp, lock the AF and then recompose.
> The camera uses accelerometers to measure how much the camera angle changes
> and adjusts for the difference in the arc where the sharpest plane is. Then
> it compensates  for errors in the field flatness of the individual lens and
> some systems can predict if the subject is moving too. Then the camera
> corrects out other optical errors. I explained that Leica M's have no auto
> focus systems or accelerometers or predictive systems at all
> 
> Sam listened with interest since he enjoys technology and science. After
> all of that Sam said, "how come Ted can just point his camera, without even
> looking sometimes and get great shots?"
> 
> Jeesh!.
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
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