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

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Greg Bicket's focus thread
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 18:40:53 -0500

http://www.photoartworld.com/af-test.jpg

Minolta Maxxum 9
Minolta AF 100/2.8
F2.8 (wide open)
approx 6 feet?  (almost full frame, you figure it out  ;-))
using builtin fill flash

Note:  In the actual print, the sharpest point of the print is her right
eye (closest to viewer).  This is where I focussed.

Dan C.

At 12:13 PM 05-11-00 -0500, 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?
>
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