Hi Graywolf if you reach enough depth of field, that's a good solution. I do that for snapshots with normal or wide lenses too. But with my A70-210mm zoom pr a tele lens at F4 or F5.6 that would not always work **for me**. And I wnat narrow dof on close portrait shots. greetings Markus
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:22 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera >> >> >>Most of us old-timers would use zone focus in those kinds of >>cases. We would know what area the subject would be in focus in >>with the camera setup that way and only shoot when the subject >>was in the focus zone. Mindlessly simple when you know how, and >>you will I wager get far more in focus shots than with most AF >>cameras. It even works with the 4x5 graphic for goodness sake. >> >>graywolf >>http://www.graywolfphoto.com >>"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >>----------------------------------- >> >> >>Markus Maurer wrote: >>> Hi Graywolf and Shel >>> most of the PAW/PESOS I saw from Shel so far where unmoved objects where >>> manual focusing is easy. >>> But, taking photographs of a soccer game or for example a young >>dog moving >>> into your direction manually >>> is really hard, at least for me and my eyes. >>> >>> That are some of the occasions where I would use auto focus. Otherwise I >>> always shoot manually but like >>> the in focus indicator on AF bodies a lot. >>> >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Shel, I assume you know the technique of focusing an SLR without >>>>>fiddling; if so you can focus manually faster than almost all >>>>>auto-focus cameras in most situations especially difficult ones. >>>>>So you are correct an auto-focus camera provides you with almost >>>>>nothing worthwhile. >>>>> >>>>>graywolf >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.16/50 - Release Date: 7/15/2005 >>
