Am I the only one
Jan 30, 2016 04:34:04 #
dickwilber
Loc: Indiana (currently)
SharpShooter wrote:
When you do, call them young skinny Chippendales......, because calling them fat old curmudgeons will have the Poeleese at your door arresting you!!! :lol:
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Not with standing the accuracy of "Fat Old Curmudgeons"!
Jan 30, 2016 06:08:51 #
OddJobber wrote:
But you're not in California. :-D
I use AF-C nine-point for moving targets but it works equally well on stationary targets. There was an interesting article this morning on Digital Photography School about focus and recompose, but that's nothing new to older shooters anyway.
http://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-focus-recompose-technique/
I use AF-C nine-point for moving targets but it works equally well on stationary targets. There was an interesting article this morning on Digital Photography School about focus and recompose, but that's nothing new to older shooters anyway.
http://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-focus-recompose-technique/
I had to smile reading the article of the writer having a revelation on a method of focusing that is the ONLY way I've ever known to do it dating back 30-50 years. I suppose maybe I'm just too old or there are just so many today that ONLY know auto-focusing cameras to which it might be a revelation.
Auto focus is a wonderful thing in it's own "niche" of grab and shoot or shooting moving targets that would be not be doable without it. That said, outside of the auto focus "niche" uses, auto focus can often be a burdensome complexity that once never existed. As with any innovation, there are always "trade offs" that with time, seem to become forgotten.
Jan 30, 2016 07:19:31 #
boberic wrote:
All the various makers brag about the number and configuration of their focus points. I find the both distracting and not at all helpful. As a result I use center spot focus as well as spot metering in my 7d. Am I the only and what,if anything , am I missing. I come from 4 or 5 decades of film with split image film focus screens, and spot metering both in camera and with light meters. Am I alone? (Please pardon the bad syntax- I'm to lazy to go back and correct them)
Depending on my subject, I shoot single focus point or multiple. If I am shooting portraits or a photo with a primary subject that I want in focus and want to control the depth of field, I shoot single point and either center it then focus and compose or move the point to my subject. If I am shooting a subject like a landscape or group shot, I will use multiple focus points to get everything important into good focus. Focus point, like everything else on your camera, are tools that you can use selectively. I tend to keep my camera set to single focus point most of the time and then change it to others as needed.
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