Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Macro photography should be done with manual focus because of the extremely shallow depth of field. In order to get everything you need in focus to be sharp, you often have to focus partway between the closest and farthest objects in the image, and stop down accordingly. Autofocus does a poor job of this (and the fact that modern lenses lack depth of field indexes makes it hard to do manually too!). They include AF because the lens can be used at normal distances too, where AF works fine. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/25/12 6:44 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: >Same with my Canon 20D, there?s some obscure setting >for reducing the proportion of flash that is so obvious >when you read the manual but immediately forgotten when >you want to use it:-) > >What?s funny is that the Canon manual recommends using >manual focusing with their EF-S 60 mm AF Macro lens (so >why build it with AF in the first place?):-) > >Cheers >Douglas > >On 26.07.2012 00:19, Jim Nichols wrote: >> Thanks, Douglas. But, it takes some experimenting to >> make it balance out when using a manual-focus lens. >> On my Oly, flash only works full strength in the "A" >> position. :~( >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" >> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work >> >> >>> Very nice one Jim, >>> >>> goes to show that fill-flash can be invaluable at >>> times. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> On 25.07.2012 20:48, Jim Nichols wrote: >>>> While experimenting with fill flash, I caught this >>>> small insect deeply involved in his morning's work. >>>> Even the large bumble bees could not route him out. >>>> >>>> This is a small crop at 100% size. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Insect.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Olympus E-510 with Leica Elmarit-R 60 Macro, ISO >>>> 200, RAW >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>>> more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information