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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Two Using Autofocus
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:55:36 -0500
References: <c824fe42-0675-206c-f891-68836d3405ad@lighttube.net> <CA+yJO1Do-eBPivuQkG39Og3zNNRgyJjXY5SBmL3XnTjnqRhYXw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Tina.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/16/2017 7:16 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Those look great to me.  I'm amazed that you can focus manually.  I depend
> totally on AF these days and, thank goodness, it's very accurate.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Normally, I shoot insects with manual focus lenses.  But, thinking I might
>> be missing some advantage, I slipped on the Fujinon 18-55 at 55mm and 
>> tried
>> my hand with AF.  In both cases, the aperture was fixed at f/4.0.  It
>> probably required a little less work than MF, but the results seem to be a
>> draw.
>>
>> Small White Sulphur Butterfly:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170716-DSCF3180.JPG.html
>>
>> Another Common Buckeye Butterfly:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170716-DSCF3173.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Two Using Autofocus)
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