This is a different kettle of fish. My comments dealt with accurate focus and framing. The type of shooting you're presenting here lends itself to neither. I've done a lot of this type of photography myself, and being close wrt to focus and framing is fine - being OOF, showing motion blur, and framing wide enough to get the pic can often enhance the final image. If accurate focus and framing are not needed or desired, then one may even shoot with eyes closed. There's no precision in what you're showing us Cotty, and you're using a lens with a great DOF and wide angle of acceptance.
Further, it seems that the reason you do this is for quiet operation, not with any idea of getting a sharp, well framed foto. HTH? Not really ... Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Cotty > >Lots of people shoot from the hip, where they have preset focus and > >exposure, and depend on their feel for the situation to know what the camera > >is pointing at. > > FWIW, all the pics on this page were shot with the mirror of my digi > locked up: > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/hip.html> > > > First press on the shutter release locks the mirror up (on approach to > subject), the second press and hold of the release fires the shutter (at > the subject), then removing the finger from the release button allows > the mirror to return to rest position (departing from the subject). > > This is the quietest way I can do it.... > > HTH
