>Somebody hold my glasses, please. Hork, ptui. GAK! [insert sound of bodily fluid striking eye]
>How could anyone possibly see the subtle nuances of the fringe area >between focus and out-of-focus looking at a silly chart or table? The >thing you are shooting is _right in front of you_. Look at it, focus, >touch the DOF button. What's the problem? Either the elements you want >to be in focus will be within the area of acceptable sharpness or they >won't. > >Let go of the button, refocus or adjust aperture if necessary and touch >DOF preview again. Takes a second. Interesting point re macro work, as indeed others have said also. The problem is that if I look down a viewfinder stopped down to (say) f/22 and activate DOF preview, the screen goes very dark. Fine you say, let your eyes adjust. I keep staring down this black hole waiting for something to happen - but it don't! The only way I can determine -briefly- a bit of DOF is by releasing and re-engaging (love that word) the DOF preview button quickly, which I'm sure makes a mockery of it's intended use. Lens scales and charts and tables show the area behind and in front of the focus point that will be renedered in focus at a given aperture. Beyond or in front of those distances, it gets soft. Sort of a 'safe area' if you like. All I'm saying is that, for me, calculating distance works much better. What I'm asking is, for those who use the DOF preview TTL method, - - why? Thanks for taking the time to explain and hang a loogy ;-) Cot ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________
