BTW, it is an excellent photo in all regards, not just the focus. On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 07:10:52PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Thanks Larry. I've never had a problem with focus when a microphone is in the > foreground. I use a single focus point-- the top one in this car with the > camera held vertically -- and lock it in on the closest eye. I shot about 20 > frames of Paul and all are in focus.
That is pretty much exactly my procedure. A week and a half ago, I just gave up and switched to manual focus (mostly with the cosina 80-200/2.8). Then again, I was shooting indoors. I wonder if it's a K-5/K-5II thing. A low light thing. Or if I just have a magic field that breaks autofocus so that it always focuses on the microphone if there is one anyplace in the frame. Or maybe it focuses on the musician, but it front focuses so it seems as if it focuses on the microphone. In any case, that's a great shot, both technically and artistically. Congrats. Have you shared a photo of him before? Maybe in a straw hat? > > Paul > On May 7, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 05:11:35PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Paul Miles, our resident blues man, performing at the Birmingham Farmers > >> Market last weekend. > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17264766 > > > > Excellent photo Paul! > > You nailed the focus, even with a microphone in the frame. I'm impressed. > > > > > > -- > > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
