p.2 #1 · Wide aperture shooting - what's the trick?!?!?
well... here is a sample of what I'd call a reasonably sharp shot. I BELIEVE it is "more likely" to front-focus, which may have happened slightly in this shot. Either way, if I could get results like this with people, handheld, I'd be pretty happy.
This was wide open (POSSIBLY F/2 but I"m pretty sure wide open). I took a series starting wide open, this was the first shot. Braced my elbows on the countertop.
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This was processed from RAW using Capture One, with auto-correct. The contrast boost helped a lot, wide open this lens has mediocre contrast and color.
I will try the ruler test with a tripod to figure out the pattern.
p.2 #3 · Wide aperture shooting - what's the trick?!?!?
TVRguy wrote:
Ok - now I"m getting somewhere... :-)
You should still give consideration to a focus screen that's more conducive to manual focusing...you'll be able to focus that much quicker (without the macro 'rocking'), and your keeper rate will jump up significantly.
p.2 #10 · Wide aperture shooting - what's the trick?!?!?
So let me ask this - if I get the Ec-S screen, I'd have to change it out occasionally? How hard is that to do?
I have the following lenses:
AF:
Vivitar 100mm 3.5 macro (more like a MF lens, but it's f/3.5 so...)
Canon EF 17-40 F4L
Canon EF 70-200 F4L
Tamron 28-75 2.8 - this is the one on the camera 90% of the time
Canon 50mm 1.8 II
p.2 #14 · Wide aperture shooting - what's the trick?!?!?
TVRguy wrote:
but won't that be a problem with the F4 lenses?? will I have a dark viewfinder?
thanks
Dark?
It's all relative.
I stuck my Ee-S (the 5D equivalent of the Ec-S) in on day 3 and it has been in there ever since.
I can use it with my f5.6 mirror lens (manual focus), and for slower AF glass it is fine too. People overstate the darkness issue in my opinion. The only way to find out is ...
