01-19-2012, 03:14 PM
Hi Serkan,
[quote name='PuxaVida' timestamp='1326983820' post='15029']
Hi Wim,
AF + slight MF sounds brilliant at first glance, but what about the turning angle of the MF ring on an AF lens... Don't you have difficulties there?
Serkan
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No, not at all, not on my lenses anyway. I don't use AF confirm for MF (have set AF to the *-button), which helps, plus, my lenses are generally either long, or have large apertures, so I don't find this to be a problem. Do note that I use the "laser precision matte" focusing screen, which helps tremendously. Generally, what I see is what I get, unless I move a little too much.
I also know well enough how much DoF I have and how it works when I stop down to a certain aperture, which also helps. In short, I determine where to focus, and set the appropriate aperture (not necessarily in that order, but that doesn't matter too much), AF at the point where I want to focus, taking envisioned DoF into account, recompose, adjust focus via MF if necessary, and shoot.
This is much faster than I could ever hope to do it in my analog days <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.
Kind regards, Wim
[quote name='PuxaVida' timestamp='1326983820' post='15029']
Hi Wim,
AF + slight MF sounds brilliant at first glance, but what about the turning angle of the MF ring on an AF lens... Don't you have difficulties there?
Serkan
[/quote]
No, not at all, not on my lenses anyway. I don't use AF confirm for MF (have set AF to the *-button), which helps, plus, my lenses are generally either long, or have large apertures, so I don't find this to be a problem. Do note that I use the "laser precision matte" focusing screen, which helps tremendously. Generally, what I see is what I get, unless I move a little too much.
I also know well enough how much DoF I have and how it works when I stop down to a certain aperture, which also helps. In short, I determine where to focus, and set the appropriate aperture (not necessarily in that order, but that doesn't matter too much), AF at the point where I want to focus, taking envisioned DoF into account, recompose, adjust focus via MF if necessary, and shoot.
This is much faster than I could ever hope to do it in my analog days <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....