Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I'm fine focusing a Leica, say portraits of people, cats or flowers (consenting) , I get close with the rangefinder, then lean in or out to achieve exact focus. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 22, 2014, at 9:53 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at > gmail.com> wrote: > > >> From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) >> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:54:27 -0800 >> Why do non-photographers (I don?t mean LUG members who are amateurs) >> almost >> always lean backwards when taking a picture? >> >> Herb >> >> >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > I want to see some scientific evidence here before we start thrashing > people. like a time lapse of some photogenic spot and a random sampling > interview of people who stop & take photos about their level of > experience. I?m not sure I don?t lean forwards or backwards while > photographing as I occasionally ?zoom with my feet? (or waist as the case > may be) and at the same time, i?m not sure that amateurs don?t have > horrible crops with way too much extra space or way to little ? that they > should have leaned in or out for. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information