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ASAAR wrote:
> On Fri, 06 May 2005 00:04:56 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
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>>>Here's what I do in similar situations. I - approximately - focus the
>>>digicam. Then I extend the digicam as far from me as possible, bracing
>>>it against the neck strap as I fine-focus it. Works great.
>>
>>And just how do you do this 'fine focusing'? I hope you are putting us on.
>
>
> That sounds similar to the instructions provided for manually
> focusing my Fuji. It says to first use AF (single, not continuous)
> to get the lens' focus reasonably close, switch to MF and adjust
> manually, which seems to be a very "fine" adjustment. I once forgot
> to use AF first. I'll NEVER do that again. Really makes me
> appreciate the manual focusing of the lenses on my old Nikon film
> cameras.
>
Meanwhile, what you wanted to photograph has long since flown away, run
away, of passed on down the road. I like auto-focus, or better yet,
focus at infinity and forget it for scenery.
--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net
ASAAR wrote:
> On Fri, 06 May 2005 00:04:56 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>
>>>Here's what I do in similar situations. I - approximately - focus the
>>>digicam. Then I extend the digicam as far from me as possible, bracing
>>>it against the neck strap as I fine-focus it. Works great.
>>
>>And just how do you do this 'fine focusing'? I hope you are putting us on.
>
>
> That sounds similar to the instructions provided for manually
> focusing my Fuji. It says to first use AF (single, not continuous)
> to get the lens' focus reasonably close, switch to MF and adjust
> manually, which seems to be a very "fine" adjustment. I once forgot
> to use AF first. I'll NEVER do that again. Really makes me
> appreciate the manual focusing of the lenses on my old Nikon film
> cameras.
>
Meanwhile, what you wanted to photograph has long since flown away, run
away, of passed on down the road. I like auto-focus, or better yet,
focus at infinity and forget it for scenery.
--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net