On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > >> On 7/8/2010 3:25 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Derby Chang wrote: >>>> Focusing doesn't seem to be an issue here at all, Larry. Nice set. Only >>>> thing I would suggest is crop a little tighter. >>>> >>>> Love that guy playing two saxes >>>> >>> What Derby said. Well done. Nice conversions. >>> Paul >> >> I'd gladly third what Derby and Paul said. No problems whatsoever here. In >> fact, it is pretty cool collection of shots, Larry. Is there a chance that >> you're actually /convincing/ yourself here that you have difficulty working >> in low light with manual focus? Because, I am sure you would outdo be fair >> and square with this level of technique. > > Thanks guys. > > I miss a lot of shots due to missed focus. That doesn't mean that I don't > get *any* sharp. :-) It's just that to get a few sharp, I have to shoot a > lot of photos. Taking my time does help, when I have the time available to to > take. > > Our dojo is having its big annual seminar this week and I'm one of the > photographers for it, and despite there being lot of light (ISO 640, f/2.8, > 1/80 sec) I'm flat out missing focus on a lot of the shots, which leaves me > with the same old problem of sorting photos, to find the sharpest ones, then > looking through those to see which are decent shots. Or alternatively, > sorting out the decent shots, and throwing out the ones where I totally blew > the focus. >
Shoot at f4, 1/40th or bump the ISO if you need the 1/80th. That f2.8 is asking a lot in terms of focus accuracy. Paul >> >> Boris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
