On Jul 21, 2005, at 9:49 AM, mike wilson wrote:
One post after the subject header changed 8-( Still, remarkably few people use it.
I use it all the time. It often highlights nasty distractions in the background that I'd otherwise miss, and will also give an indication of how the background texture will look in macro shots. It's also useful as a "flare preview" at times :)
I don't use DOF preview to check for what will or won't appear sharp... the viewfinder is totally inadequate for that. I focus on the closest object I want to look sharp to find its distance, then use hyperfocussing with a 1-stop margin if possible. But I still do a quick DOF preview anyway, for the above reasons.
Having said all that, most of my shooting isn't exactly time- critical. Flowers grow and mountains move, but a few seconds here and there doesn't make much difference ;)
Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
