[obol] auto focus cameras

[Owen Schmidt]

  To maximize your chances in a situation like this ..........  
depending on what equipment you have and what the light conditions  
are .......... I might suggest you'd start by turning off autofocus  
and manually setting the focus to infinity.  Then set a high ISO and  
set your camera to aperture priority, f8 or higher.  Leave your  
camera on (if it has a "sleep" mode that's still faster than turning  
it on).  Then twirl and shoot .......

No doubt there have to be compromises because of weight and cost,  
which may explain their troubles.  Your shirt-pocket digital point- 
and-shoot isn't going to be ready for a shot for a couple of  
seconds.  But they were carrying an "SLR" which probably means a  
"DSLR" -- digital single lens reflex.  There's nothing wrong with  
Kodak cameras (that I know of).  It's just that they were apparently  
not set up for a maximum chance at success in a twirl-and-shoot  
situation .............

oschmidt at att.net
Friday, January 12, 2007





On Jan 12, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Dennis P. Vroman wrote:

> Having a Kodak digital camera (not one of the professional ones), I  
> can say that even it doesn't obtain the "Kodak moments" with all  
> photos either.  It's an auto focus and trying to get it to focus on  
> that little bird in back of and surrounded by dominate foreground  
> vegetation is pretty tough to accomplish.
>
> Any suggestions on this Owen?  ...other than a better camera that is.
>
> Dennis

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