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DSLR vs P&S a replay of Film vs Digital?
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:46:57 -1000, Scott W wrote
in : John Navas wrote: Auto-focus actually does works well on most compact cameras, and an speed issue is easily overcome with pre-focusing. The reason manual focus is often omitted from compact cameras is that most of the target market can't or won't use it. Those that want it can of course choose a compact camera that has it. This is the kind of shot where you need a fairly good focus system and pre-focus simply will not work. http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/89149499/original The boat is moving fast enough that if you try and pre-focus on it the focus is likely to be off by the time you take the photo. I've taken lots of much faster action photographs with pre-focus and with manual focus. Now I know you can get a photo like this with a non-DSLR since I have taken a lot of them, but it is far harder to do. Not for me. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:50:09 -1000, Scott W wrote
in : John Navas wrote: Well said. Good photographers did just fine without auto-focus for decades. Auto-focus is mainly a convenience, especially for not-so-good photographers, and can be wrong, which is why many good photographers don't depend on it. I'll often use manual focus, and check it from time to time with (auto) focus confirmation, much as I'll often use manual exposure, and check it with (auto) metering and live histogram. I did without auto-focus for a long time, with a Nikon SLR, but then it had a nice focus ring and a fast f/1.4 lens and a really nice focus screen. I can do manual focus with my DSLR fairly well but the focus screen is no where near as good as my old Nikon. A point and shoot, I have not seen one yet that is worth anything in manual focus, not if you need to focus in less then a second. My FZ8 has manual focus image magnification that beats the hell out of manual focusing with any optical viewfinder. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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"SMS ???. ?" wrote in message ... Neil Harrington wrote: Easier than entering all that stuff into a killfile, which obviously will only grow and grow (and I assume he never bothers re-using his old ones anyway), henceforth I'll just assume any unknown poster supporting that jerk is the jerk himself, and ignore it. Likewise I'll just assume any other idiotic post is from the same jerk, regardless of the subject or name used. It's easy enough to pick him out from his headers, but why waste the time. Sometimes I get to the point of kill-filing not only anyone that supports him, but anyone that even replies to him, because he feeds on the attention they provide. A newsgroup reader that could filter on text in the body of the message would work best, since he uses the same key words no matter how often he changes the "from" address in the header. Also there are several obvious similarities in all his message headers (for just one example, his newsreader is Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088), which he clearly doesn't know how to change. He can only do the easy stuff that most ten-year-olds can do. Neil |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:44:48 -0500, "Neil Harrington"
wrote: "SMS ???. ?" wrote in message .. . Neil Harrington wrote: Easier than entering all that stuff into a killfile, which obviously will only grow and grow (and I assume he never bothers re-using his old ones anyway), henceforth I'll just assume any unknown poster supporting that jerk is the jerk himself, and ignore it. Likewise I'll just assume any other idiotic post is from the same jerk, regardless of the subject or name used. It's easy enough to pick him out from his headers, but why waste the time. Sometimes I get to the point of kill-filing not only anyone that supports him, but anyone that even replies to him, because he feeds on the attention they provide. A newsgroup reader that could filter on text in the body of the message would work best, since he uses the same key words no matter how often he changes the "from" address in the header. Also there are several obvious similarities in all his message headers (for just one example, his newsreader is Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088), which he clearly doesn't know how to change. He can only do the easy stuff that most ten-year-olds can do. Neil Oh look, the RESIDENT TROLLS are still whining that their trolling tactics can't be so easily defeated (nor so easily exposed). I can use ANY nntp server on the planet with ANY headers if I wanted to. (You don't know how to do that? Awww.. boo hoo.) You're not worth the effort nor the time. I only expend as much energy as needed to reveal who the real trolls are. Now, do you care to talk about something photography related? If not, get the hell out of here, you useless ****ing RESIDENT trolls. |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:49:08 -1000, Scott W wrote:
John Navas wrote: On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:50:09 -1000, Scott W wrote in : John Navas wrote: Well said. Good photographers did just fine without auto-focus for decades. Auto-focus is mainly a convenience, especially for not-so-good photographers, and can be wrong, which is why many good photographers don't depend on it. I'll often use manual focus, and check it from time to time with (auto) focus confirmation, much as I'll often use manual exposure, and check it with (auto) metering and live histogram. I did without auto-focus for a long time, with a Nikon SLR, but then it had a nice focus ring and a fast f/1.4 lens and a really nice focus screen. I can do manual focus with my DSLR fairly well but the focus screen is no where near as good as my old Nikon. A point and shoot, I have not seen one yet that is worth anything in manual focus, not if you need to focus in less then a second. My FZ8 has manual focus image magnification that beats the hell out of manual focusing with any optical viewfinder. But if you are pushing buttons to zoom then it is a pain anyway. great if you are focusing on a static object but not so good if it is moving towards or away from you. Scott Then I use the manual zoom-ring on some of my P&S cameras, but often I find that the electronic zoom on my other P&S cameras as just as good for this. Mostly learned by using the zoom-toggle buttons on my camera that has the manual-zoom ring plus toggle-switch zoom. So much depends on how quickly and how well the photographer can learn to use new tools to their best advantages. Clearly some of them are still stuck in the last-century and can't get past that bump in their learning curve that will take them into this century. |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:50:09 -1000, Scott W wrote:
John Navas wrote: On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:44:26 GMT, arnold ziffendorfer wrote in : On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:59:25 GMT, Grumpy AuContraire wrote: This is an important consideration with moving media. A cinematographer should plan his shot by focusing on the longest focal length to be used and take advantage of the larger depth of field to compensate for any error when going, (or leaving), a wide shot. One of the oldest tricks in the book... Exactly. This is why I see no huge compelling argument to the "my camera focuses faster than your camera" childishness. I only use the auto-focus on my camera to quickly find either a nice average to put the subject(s) within the DOF needed or when I use a hyperfocal setting so nothing is missed. The same as I've done for the last 40 years in all my cameras, manual or otherwise. Once that is done I lock it into manual focus so it stays there. Occasionally using the manual adjustment to touch up on what the camera ADVISED for a starting point. No different than the advice you get from the exposure readings. How often that is wrong too. Auto-focus may get me there quicker in most situations but is by no means the answer to worthwhile photography. I do just as well without it if I need to. I'll turn it off completely depending on the shooting scenario. Particularly with macro-photography where it is more of a huge hindrance than any kind of a help. Well said. Good photographers did just fine without auto-focus for decades. Auto-focus is mainly a convenience, especially for not-so-good photographers, and can be wrong, which is why many good photographers don't depend on it. I'll often use manual focus, and check it from time to time with (auto) focus confirmation, much as I'll often use manual exposure, and check it with (auto) metering and live histogram. I did without auto-focus for a long time, with a Nikon SLR, but then it had a nice focus ring and a fast f/1.4 lens and a really nice focus screen. I can do manual focus with my DSLR fairly well but the focus screen is no where near as good as my old Nikon. A point and shoot, I have not seen one yet that is worth anything in manual focus, not if you need to focus in less then a second. Scott It sounds like you need more practice and experience with focusing on any camera than with typing. |
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"Ray Fischer" wrote in message ... John Navas wrote: Annika1980 Calling a Crapasonic Lumix lens a "Leica" is kinda like calling a VW bug a Porsche. I'm not talking about Lumix lenses, I'm talking about Leica lenses. Panasonic is actually a world class manufacturer. Of TV sets. Their TVs are not that good. |
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:42:54 +1100, "Pete D" wrote in
: "Ray Fischer" wrote in message .. . John Navas wrote: Annika1980 Calling a Crapasonic Lumix lens a "Leica" is kinda like calling a VW bug a Porsche. I'm not talking about Lumix lenses, I'm talking about Leica lenses. Panasonic is actually a world class manufacturer. Of TV sets. Their TVs are not that good. They actually get excellent reviews, especially the plasmas. http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/ -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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