Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:48:57 -0500
References: <01C04721.C8FE0F40@user-2ive2pg.dialup.mindspring.com>

Hey Austin - Do me a favor and tease me....Pick a photo of mine from the
Christening that you really like and send me a JPEG.......:-)

B. D.

Austin Franklin wrote:

> > Umm, if I want the focus point halfway down the face so only on the
> > left eye is in focus, I guide the autofocus point right over that
> > left eye, press a button, and it focuses there. It works. Really.
>
> Umm all you want, but I've tried a number of autofocus systems, with high
> hopes mind you, and yes, I know how to use them.  Yes, you can get these
> results by dumb luck, sometimes, but the autofocus system has an angle of
> view, and that angle is not necessarily very small.  They focus on the
> closest thing within their view.
>
> Would you please state what camera, what f stop, lense, and how far you
> were away from the subject?

In reply to: Message from Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> (RE: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread)