Hi Shel, I really like that shot. The lighting and the expression make it for me. Darn nice for just getting used to the D!
I had quite a time getting used to focusing on the D, two things caused a problem: 1. My eyes change throughout the day, when I'm tired I need more correction. 2. Different lenses seem to require slightly more or less diopter correction to be at their 'optimum' for me. My solution to this was to add a -3 M correction lens and use the built in diopter to give me exactly what was best for the lens and my eyes at the time. I use anywhere from -3.5 to -4.25 depending on the 'mood' my eyes are in at the time. After some practice I now prefer to use manual focus and when I hit the shutter button 9+ times out of 10 I hear the little 'beep'. Just smile and say "Thanks D, glad you agree". ;-) I can actually tell a crappy, low contrast lens now in about 2 seconds, the focus just has no 'snap' to it. I actually wish all my cameras were plain ground glass now. I find the MicroPrisms and Splits annoying me more than helping now. I think the D has actually taught me a lot about focusing properly. Now if I could only get rid of motion blur like 'Steady Stenquist' I'd be all set! ;-) Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Bruce Dayton > Subject: RE: PESO - NorCal: Carmen by the Lake <snip> > > The softness may work on this pic, but on others it really gets > in the way. > I realized last night that I'd not set the diopter correction, so that may > have something to do with why a lot of the pics are not as sharp as they > could be. <snip> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/norcal/carmen.html > > > Gotta work on focusing accuracy with that istD .... > > > This was, I believe, with the K85/1.8, aperture @ 5.6 > > > >
