Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you mean, if the model is centrally located in the frame, to compose the way I want the image, then focus on whatever is in the center, then shoot? At 07:46 AM 5/23/98 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: >At 10:23 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote: > >>Am I just not up to par on focusing speed yet? Do I just need more practice >>or am I being too much of a perfectionist to want 3 or 4 out of 5 photos to >>be perfect? What do the rest of you consider to be acceptable? > >When you switch from one system to another, it takes time to get used to >them. And AF can make you lazy (it did me to a certain extent, but since I >used Leicas for over 10 yeras before, it came back to me quickly). So it >could take time to get focusing speed up. > >One more tip I didn't put in the private message: with the M6, pick >something on the model that is the same distance as her eye, and focus on >that. Then you don't have to recompose tp shoot. Just focus and shoot. I >can do what you are describing in about three seconds or less, but with >this method, it's as fast as an SLR. You perfect count should go up >dramatically. >-- > >========= > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO > >They don't let my code go into shipping products," Bill Gates said. "They >haven't done that for eight years. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/