Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: Bokeh vs. Nukeh, WYSIWYG
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:07:15 -0600

I used to hang out with nature photographers, much to my parent's distress,
and....I am almost embarrassed to say this...we used the depth of field
preview quite....gulp....often.

John Collier

Hey! I am OK now.

Really!

> From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
> 
> 
>> As I said earlier, stopping down to check DOF so that Scheimpflug and
>> f/stop characteristics can be adjusted, is the staple method of the
>> professional photography trade.
> 
> In 25 years of professional photography, and all the professionals I know,
> I don't know any who actually uses the DOF preview.  I'm sure some people
> do use it, I just don't know any.  Perhaps it's a Left Coast thing ;-)
> 
SNIP
> 
> I'd really be curious as to how many SLR users on this list actually use
> the DOF preview???
>