Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-04 Thread lrc
Yeah, that's how I've been doing it for something like twelve years. I think that it's just the wide world of view and shallow focus so that the camera keeps finding something like writing on the background to focus on . On December 4, 2019 8:12:46 AM PST, Paul Sorenson wrote: >From your reply

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
From your reply below it seems like you have the customization for the AF button on the "CANCEL AF" setting which sets the camera to manual focus when the AF button is pressed - but only when continuing to press the AF button.  It will remain in manual as long as you hold down the AF button

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 03.12.19 um 11:04 schrieb Larry Colen: Same thing, but in normal conditions I don’t have to think about explicitly focusing. After a short while, you won't even have to think about it. It takes next to no time and my rate of out-of-focus shots has been reduced dramatically. Ralf -- Ralf

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-03 Thread Larry Colen
> On Dec 3, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 03.12.19 um 00:40 schrieb Larry Colen: >> Rather than focusing on some random object in the foreground, I keep getting >> all of these photos that are perfectly focused on the wall... > > I've solved this prob by selecting spot

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 03.12.19 um 00:40 schrieb Larry Colen: Rather than focusing on some random object in the foreground, I keep getting all of these photos that are perfectly focused on the wall... I've solved this prob by selecting spot focus in the centre of the image, taking the focussing function away

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-02 Thread Larry Colen
> On Dec 2, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > I may be misunderstanding your problem, but have you tried using the spot > focus function instead of the Select-1, locking the focus on your main > subject and re-composing as necessary? I’m not sure what the difference between spot

Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
I may be misunderstanding your problem, but have you tried using the spot focus function instead of the Select-1, locking the focus on your main subject and re-composing as necessary?  I don't use any of the multiple focus point or Select modes unless I'm shooting sports with AF-C.  If you're

Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4

2019-12-02 Thread Larry Colen
About a week ago we went to the Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace (Daly City, very close to Brisbane). In theory, the 35/1.4 would be an ideal lens for photographing dancing in crowded, low-light conditions. I seem to keep running into the opposite of the vocalists microphone problem.