[Leica] To tempt Fuji X users?

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Whereas to me, always shooting one way (whether wide open or stopped down) 
shows no awareness of the subject/image ;-) 

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> The super selective focus effect is not really on option for most work
> commercial photographers get. Clients want too see more than a sliver of
> stuff in focus. Every once in a while the sliver thing in focus thing has 
> had
> good photojournalist effect for me but in general I've had to use it 
> sparingly.
> Though in most cases I have to admit it just doesn't occur to me.
> I try to get most everything in focus most of the time.
> I remember in the college darkroom the people who shot everything wide
> open were the ones who didn't know what the other small set of numbers
> meant on their lens. The depth of field numbers. So controlling that was 
> not
> their concern. Especially if it led to not getting the fastest shutter 
> speed why
> bother figuring that out?. To me it did not seem like low craft it seemed 
> like
> total lack of all craft or care. They didn't get the time of day from most 
> of us.
> 
> 
> On 5/18/13 12:59 AM, "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:
> 
> >  On May 17, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> F 5.6 and be there.
> >> At 100th of a second. That's what I'm set at 24 hours a day. If I'm
> >> not set at f8 and be there.
> >
> ====
> > Have the opposite preferences.  I like large apertures (and lenses
> > 50mmm and up), where you can isolate the subject from the background.
> > I used Panatomic-X a lot so I could shoot at f/4 or wider (with
> > filters) in bright sun.  What I like about a larger format is the 
> > smaller DoF.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of
> > Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> > (Retired)
> > UPAA POY 1978
> > amr3 at uwm.edu
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> >