I find focusing wide-open and stopping down doesn't work well because the act of having to move the aperture ring is enough to shift the camera plane and move your focus point, esp for close-range subjects handheld where DOF is limited.
Yeah, that's what I was concerned about and wanted to see what others thought about it.
Jeff Kott wrote:
Do you think that's because you move the camera less if you focus stopped down and then shoot as opposed to focus wide open, then stop down and shoot?
yup, plus focusing stopped down allows me to adjust the dof field to precisely what i want it to be more easily.
FlyPenFly wrote:
For me I use a manual focus screen so I get more errors from not seeing clearly than shift.
Understood, but I was specifically wondering about with a NEX and LCD or EVF focusing. I think the case for focusing wide open with an OVF is stronger for the reason you suggest.
Yeah, as long as you're not getting too much grain, stepping down makes a lot of sense. Although my habits are so fixed with stop down metering it would be hard to change.
Jeff Kott wrote:
Question for those of you who are using "fast" adapted lenses on the NEX (probably most of us).
When using a smaller aperture than wide open, do you focus with the lens wide open and then stop and shoot or do you stop down and then focus and shoot? And why?
I'm so stressed about hitting the focus I don't dare fool with the aperture I set it, focus and shoot.
Taken with the Voigtlander Color Skopar 35mm f2.5. I just returned it because of a pink tint when shooting at 2.5. Of course this is fully correctable in PP but it gave me an excuse to try out the 1.4 which I have on order.
sebboh wrote:
why? by all accounts the nikkor you have is a better lens with the same drawing style.
Well, you're a wet blanket.....
I think its a nice lens to lust after:
a, they are relatively cheap 1-200, b, many fakes so you get to pay attention or end up with a nice j-3 (its the best way to buy a j-3 ), c, Hard glass so there are good copies and d, it has very strong reputation---which I'd love to learn about by using it.
Not many ever made in LTM, so the leica folks don't think much about it. The nikkor is useless for anything but close shots, and I'm hoping for one thing the CZJ or CZO will give me better sharpness past 10 feet. Bokeh will not have the wild streak--i don't think.
also would like to find a pre-war summar and any old summitar some day.
wstam wrote:
Oops! Sorry for the typo. It's Metabones ;-)
Cheers.
Received the Metabones adapter tonight. Fixed it on the G28. But the focusing motion is really "jerky", not smooth at all ;-( Don't really like it. Too late to do any shooting. Will try to do that tomorrow. Hopefully the photo will make me happy ;-)
uhoh7 wrote:
I'm hoping for one thing the CZJ or CZO will give me better sharpness past 10 feet. Bokeh will not have the wild streak--i don't think.
i wouldn't expect the bokeh to be much less wild, all the shots i've seen from any of the 50mm sonnars seem pretty much the same in that department though the nikkor might be a tad wilder.
sebboh wrote:
i wouldn't expect the bokeh to be much less wild, all the shots i've seen from any of the 50mm sonnars seem pretty much the same in that department though the nikkor might be a tad wilder.
wstam wrote:
Received the Metabones adapter tonight. Fixed it on the G28. But the focusing motion is really "jerky", not smooth at all ;-( Don't really like it. Too late to do any shooting. Will try to do that tomorrow. Hopefully the photo will make me happy ;-)
Cheers.
Too bad given the price :-(. I expect my cheapo one to arrive shortly, will mount the G28 on it also and come back with impressions.
Tonnes of nice new images here as usual, very inspiring you all!
