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pascal_meheut
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But what I really liked to shoot are cars. Like this Porsche 911, 135mm/2.8.
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I'm 56 and I've been using reading glasses since I was 40. It's not as easy to focus manually as before 40 but it's not really difficult.Come on, Pascal, you're just beginning your life. I'm 62 and Woody? And we're happily shooting our DMRs, and in focus, and schlepping the gear...
I've not been able to use a full matte screen for the last 15 years at least. Too bad, it was my favorite on my good old Canon F1-N.I cannot use those focussing aids; my solution was the full matte screen.
Yup, has worked for me as far back as the Nikon F in the 1970s with the E viewscreen.... the one thing that always worked was watching the contrast as I was focusing...
Interesting post :lecture::salute:- It made me realize that that was exactly what I was doing without knowing I did. Another thing that works well for me is not focussing on the subject but on another part of the image with better structure that lies in the same focal plane. For instance furry or feathered subjects are often hard, but the grass just beside them easy. I can then "walk" the focus through the image from front to rear.Guys, I will share a little trick with you that works for me. I'm 58, and blind as a bat without glasses. NONE of the focusing aids works worth a darn for me unless the light is bright daylight, and even then it was hit and miss with the DMR. But the one thing that always worked was watching the contrast as I was focusing. Leica glass just seems to snap into high contrast when it is focused correctly using the DMR. Even in very low light. It does take some time to train your eye to see it, and especially your brain to accept it, but once you master it I found nothing better.... That trick, combined with using hyper-focal distance presetting were the magic combination.
Hey Doug, take a wild guess on what camera I learned that trick on, and when? :ROTFL::ROTFL::thumbs:Yup, has worked for me as far back as the Nikon F in the 1970s with the E viewscreen.