[LRflex] Re: Studio shot?
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:55:03 -0700
At 23/08/2008, you wrote:
Darn that autofocus. It thinks it is smarter than we are. Most
of the time it is almost as smart, and the rest of the time it is
downright dumb.
Does look like a studio shot. 200 x 1.4 x.2 is a 560mm equivalent
and I assume hand held at a modest ISO? That is impressive.
Aram
Thanks, Aram!
Yes, it was hand held... nothing else allowed at the festival, though
they did grant all photographers who wanted it, access to a strip
about 3 meters back from the stage, but in front of the crowd.
Exposure was 1/60th @ ISO 640 - no noise reduction or other
"tweaking" has been applied. The Oly's in-body IS helps, but does
nothing, of course, for the motion of the performers!
AF can, indeed, be a pain... but with my failing eyes, I'm getting a
lot more keepers with AF than with MF. I am, of course, still using
my 400 Telyt ... it has such a narrow range of focus, even wide open,
than even I can still focus it accurately ... most of the time. I
dread the day when that is no longer possible.
For comparison, here is a grab shot of my grandson, Nathan, as he
crawled out of the water slide ... there is, I think, a slight bias
towards his left (furthest away) eye, but it's ever so slight ... and
for album shots, good enough, I think.
http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Nathan.htm
Thank you to you, and to all who took the time to look and to comment.
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net
Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4
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