Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I would say 15% are throw outs. My subject is my 6 week old baby. She is laying down on an upright cradle and I am shooting at one side. Since my baby is small, I have to really shoot near the subject to more or less, fill the frame. Most of the photos have one eye in focus only. Will shoot a couple of rolls with the lens. Any suggestion for photographing babies using the 75mm? or should I just use the nikon 85/1.4? OPPSSS. Sorry.:) Nelson - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing a 75 1.4 -- mitch's question > Nelson Chan aked: > Focusing a 75 1.4 . > > > I shot one roll of film using my newly purchased 75/1.4. 50% are out of > > focus. The subject was my 6 week old baby. Distance is around .8 meters, > > aperture at wide open and focused on the nearest eye. sometimes the eye > is > > out of focus but the chin is right on. I don't know. I might have made a > > mistake buying this lens. Is it me or the lens?<<<<<< > > Hi Nelson, > No it's not a mistake of purchase and no it's not your fault. It's the lens > and ones ability to focus it at f 1.4. If you like the look of the frames in > focus keep it. > > But you must learn how to "use it!" That's the hard part. > > Because that entails lots of practice, first with an empty camera focusing > many many times at all kinds of distance. Then buy some cheap film and blast > a bunch of rolls shooting everything at f 1.4. Eventually you'll acquire the > feel of being on the mark. However, even then this is a very unforgiving > lens wide open, so don't be surprised if you continue finding out of focus > frames.. > > If you find your throw outs are too high, sell the lens and buy something > easier to handle. > ted > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html