On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:25:40PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> >> I just can't even visualize the mechanics of manually selecting AF point >> for handheld shooting, so I figured I'd ask whether anyone does. > > If I have my camera set up on a tripod, with a carefully selected > composition, and I want more accurate focusing than I trust my aged > eyes for, then it is very handy. particularly if I can't use something > like a split prism, because it isn't in the center.
Ayup, I haven't done that much (because I don't use a tripod ;-), but I can easily imagine it. > Also, if I am photographing a musician, say a sax player, who is > moving around, in low light, focus and recompose, or manual focus > isn't going to work, then I set my focus point, and let autofocus > do its magic. Are you setting "shoot on focus" or what? If the sax player is moving around, how do you set the focus point? Are you using tracking focus? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
