On Wed, Aug 21, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> When I'm shooting subjects at f8 with the 50-135 I can always >>> center-focus and reframe with no ill effects. I do not do that at f2.2 >>> with the DA*55 shooting close-in (head and shoulders). Guaranteed >>> fail. I move the focus point and carefully focus on subject's eye. >> >> Many thanks to both you and Matthew! I really hadn't understood about >> the flat-plane focus, and I appreciate the mini-lesson. I should do >> some experiments to get more of an intuitive understanding of what's >> going on. >> >> For the above, do you only do that with a tripod, or do you also do it >> with handheld shooting? > > Mainly handheld actually. Honestly I don't do that much tripod > shooting. I've been doing it lately when sharpness is going to be an > issue like when I shot some jewelry being worn. But when shooting > people, especially models, I like to be able to move about and keep > the energy level up. The trick is to trip the shutter absolutely as > soon as you acquire focus lock.
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