Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> For a street shooter being able to shoot stopped down at smaller >> apertures >> and getting good focusing results allows for faster shooting. For >> tripod >> shooters, there may not be much of an advantage. >> > That's certainly only true if one is using a lens that won't focus at > open aperture. A rare situation to be sure. I only jumped in here > because I sensed that this thread was more a matter of beating up JCO > than making a valid point. I still find that to be the case. Your > argument, sir, doesn't stand up to close scrutiny. > Paul >
Paul, It was JCO who jumped in the original thread, after Shel posted his experience. Not vice versa. Yes, it has devolved into a bit of a 'beat on JCO' thread, but he's the one who kicked the wasp's nest initially. Which is part of the point I see Shel making. Also a decent number of folks seem to be shooting with M42 lenses on digital, and it can be awkward to be constantly using the M/A switch or shifting aperture to focus. I know I simply tend to use the lenses closer to wide open if at all possible (I find you get more of the lens's 'character' that way as well), but those who prefer smaller apertures will often work the way Shel suggested. While I believe that JCO is objectively correct here, and Shel is subjectively correct (in that there isn't sufficient difference to be easily discerned, particularly at f8, but the difference does exist and is certainly notable across wider ranges, or with fixed aperture zooms), your critique of Shel's argument doesn't stand the scrutiny here as there certainly are people working the way Shel describes. I'm one of them. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
