JimKasson
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I've been working with MILCs for almost a decade -- longer, if you consider a Betterlight back on a Master Technika a MILC. During that time, I've developed a strategy to achieve rapid, accurate, and repeatable manual focus. In a nutshell, it's pretty simple:
The basics are easy to say. The subtleties can be difficult to understand. To try to make it easier for people to adopt this system, I've written a blog post that goes through the details and illustrates them with examples using a GFX 100.
https://blog.kasson.com/gfx-100/optimum-milc-manual-focusing-strategies/
Questions are welcome. I am particularly interested in hearing about things that I've said that are unclear, so that I can work on them.
Thanks,
Jim
- Use focus peaking
- Use magnification
- Use as much magnification as you can subject to the next line
- Use as low a peaking sensitivity as can produce visible peaking at the chosen magnification.
- The tie breaker: if you can’t see any peaking at maximum sensitivity at maximum magnification, back the magnification off a step and try again.
The basics are easy to say. The subtleties can be difficult to understand. To try to make it easier for people to adopt this system, I've written a blog post that goes through the details and illustrates them with examples using a GFX 100.
https://blog.kasson.com/gfx-100/optimum-milc-manual-focusing-strategies/
Questions are welcome. I am particularly interested in hearing about things that I've said that are unclear, so that I can work on them.
Thanks,
Jim