Danklar: Nice images. What focus mode were you using for those shots of your daughter? They seem spot on and I know how hard it is to take shots of kids on swings. I even have trouble using my dSLR sometimes.
I have been trying to work my way up to street photography as well but have yet to get as close as you have. With the 35mm FOV you must have been within 5 feet of them.
MJWong wrote:
I have been trying to work my way up to street photography as well but have yet to get as close as you have. With the 35mm FOV you must have been within 5 feet of them.
This is a reposted picture, but to your point - I was more or less sitting right next to him. Take advantage of "silent mode" with the leaf shutter and compose with the rear screen's EVF. You can make it look like you're reviewing pictures, or just shoot from the hip.
MJ, another great shot. I was using manual focus and using my hand a reference for distance. Trust me when I tell you there were plenty of failures. Timing was the key. As for the street shots, manual focus again and set my focual distance between 4 to about 9 feet for the outdoor shots at f/8. The train shot was much shallower focus but the train stopped short allowing me to stop a woman from falling with one hand and snap that pic with the other. The silent mode has got to be one of my favorite features. No one knows your photographing them at all. It is wonderful for street shooting. I am re learning where 35mm is when shooting from the hip. It has been a while for me, but love this camera.
I have to say that the AFL button is my best friend when shooting manual. I do appreciate the distance scale on the screen or in the finder but man I was it was on the lens barrel. I am trusting the update with the focus scale, but I am still weary of it. I need to do some tests just to ease my own mind lol.
Thanks for the compliment.
Ssnycshoot: Thanks, yeah, it was taken in a train tunnel. I saw it and instantly took the photo in my mind already. Turned out the way I wanted except for human figure to give it scale and interest. Maybe next time.
danklar: I have been trying to use f8 and hyperfocal distance for my street shooting I'm not used to so much being in focus and have to adjust my shooting style. I used to a f2 35mm on a crop body shooting at f2 99% of the time.
Oh wow, didn't know this thread existed....this is perfect, lol, I was looking for a thread like this for a while now haha...I'll post a few, I would have spaced them out if I had known about this earlier
"A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wartime Writings 1939-1944
Portrait of my grandfather, also a United States Army Veteran. Often times, the wisdom of the elderly is lost on the younger generations. All too often the young ignore their elders, even forgetting about them, "too busy" to visit or even call, they leave one of the most valuable sources of wisdom in their lives absent for months if not years at a time, yet there is so much to be learned from the older generations. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
I try to visit as often as possible, usually at least once every two weeks. We eat, talk about everything from food to current events, the weather, and everything in between. It's simple, yet it's something very few people ever do. I can't help but notice every time I sign in to the building, there's always hundreds upon hundreds of blank visitor pages. When the staff and residents see me walking down the hall, some stare, visibly surprised someone so young visits their elders, and others make comments about how nice it is that I visit my grandfather. The fact that they're surprised at it, just isn't right...
KibblesNbitz: That really hits home for me right now. My great uncle (Grandfather's Brother) just passed away yesterday and I was thinking about how little time I spend each year with them. Thanks for sharing that with us.
/sigh
This camera seems to produce great colours (yes thats the correct Canadian spelling!) but I'm just so hooked on black and white. You guys are doing quite the job though. =D
I'll come up with a colour photos soon but for now here is another black and white..
Though I'll never get used to the 3:2 ratio for vertical images. 
