More reason to hate split-image and micro-prism focusing aids. I use the plain matte screen when manually focusing.
-- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:24:11PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > I was photographing a friend playing in a small club in Capitola the other > night. When I reviewed my photos, I found that an awful lot of them were > focused on sharp edges in front of the musician: > The tip jar, drum kit, microphone etc. > > I understand how this happens with autofocus. The camera is too stupid to > know what to focus on and focuses on the sharp edge. What I don't understand > is why this happens on manual focus. *I* should know better. > > One challenge that I have in low light is actually seeing the line of the > split prism to try and line that up on the musician. Especially musicians > that tend to move around a lot. As such, I may rely a lot more on the > microprism ring, and wonder if I just focus until I see whatever is in that > ring come into focus, and not notice that it's not actually the subject that > I'm trying to photograph. More a case of my brain saying "something is > sharp, press the shutter". > > I'm curious if other people have this problem when manually focusing, and > what they do to fix it. > > I got what I thought was an amusing compliment on my dancing that night. I > had a rather nice slow blues dance with an attractive young lady. Afterwards, > she said in a rather husky voice "I need a cigarette". Unfortunately, she was > married. Even worse, her husband doesn't share. > > I did get a couple shots of the lead singer which turned out pretty well: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4807504309/in/set-72157624409188927/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4808124360/in/set-72157624409188927/ > In the second one Amy Lou isn't as sharp as I'd like, but I do like the way > the composition worked out with Gary (the bass player) in the background. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
