A trick I got off another Pdmler is to close your eyes for 10 sec, hit the DOF button then look, helps a bit and if your doing macro work walk with a flash light, shin it on the subject to use the dof button.
--- Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I understand dof, I just hadn't really noticed any > focus changes. Guess > > I just wasn't focusing on a bright enough subject. > Its a nice feature if > > its bright enough. > > Scott, > > When I started photography I too was less than > impressed with the DOF > stopdown. 'Just makes he bloody viewfinder dark' and > 'Can't see anything > in that' were my first impressions. It turns out the > trick is to allow > your eye time to adjust. Looking thro the finder I > typically shield the > eyepiece from extra light with my hand and wait for > a few seconds. It's > amazing how it becomes a lot clearer when your eye > is used to it - I > shoot landscapes with a 6x7 and use it all the time > to check the > foreground is sharp. Thats working at f/16 or even > f/22 mostly, so you can > imagine how dim that makes the view! > > Chris > > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
