Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]doug, u use manual focus gear that's different that use af gear to use with manual focusing gear that was franks point ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > George Lottermoser wrote: > > > > >On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Doug Herr wrote: > > > >> MF or AF? (no enlarged EVF) > >> > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/btha04crop.jpg > >> > >> uncropped: > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/leporidae/bthare04.html > >> > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/wfib01crop1.jpg > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/temp/wfib01crop2.jpg > >> > >> the image as shown on my website is about 1/3 of the image area > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfib01.html > >> > >> I have many more that illustrate the point but I don't have cropped > images handy. For TTL manual focus a sharp lens and a good viewfinder with > proper diopter correction > > > > > > > >> make a big difference. > > > >though only in the highly developed, skilled hands of a consummate > craftsman. > >which speaks to Steve's point > >just as you speak to the gear point. > > > >It all has to come together: > >subject > >content > >tools > >artist/craftsperson > > > > Agreed... what I was primarily responding to was Frank Filippone's > assertion that "AF is the solution" which clearly is not universally true. > For many people in the circumstances they ordinarily encounter it's a good > solution, for others it's not. I'd be delighted if people avoided these > absolute pronouncements because more often than not, YMMV. > What I was respo > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >