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Re: [OM] Manual Focus vs AF

Subject: Re: [OM] Manual Focus vs AF
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 21:10:58 -0400
Well, 20 of the first 35 have kids in motion.  I wasn't cheating too 
much.  :-)

Covering the large room is done by bouncing off the ceiling, using a 
long shutter drag (1/15 second or more) and making judicious use of 
shadow fill to make up for the light falloff at the end of the room.

Chuck Norcutt

Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
> 
> I did that for a number of years with a Braun flash unit and film cameras. 
> It does work well.  Your examples are excellent, though I notice that a 
> large number of them have the subjects seated in chairs, which, I feel, is 
> cheating.
> 
> I was hoping to explore the higher ISA digital settings and not have to use 
> the intrusive flash.  I did use on-camera flash for some close-in shots, but 
> it won't cover a large room.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Manual Focus vs AF
> 
> 
>> There is a grandchild/great-grandchild immobilizer.  It's called a
>> flash.  The first 35 of these (which I think I've shown here before) are
>> just camera mounted flash bounced off the ceiling at ISO 100, 1/15
>> second, f/11.  The flash was probably a Canyon 540EZ but could have been
>> a T32.  I don't remember.  Not portrait quality stuff but everybody is
>> reasonably well lit and reasonably in focus. Tokina 28-80 with shots
>> covering the full zoom range.  The latter stuff is ISO 3200 under an
>> overhead incandescent.  Not the best light.
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Thanksgiving%202008/>
>>
>> Dr. Flash
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> More useful at my age would be a great-grandchild immobilizer.  Last
>>> Christmas, I drove myself crazy trying to use an autofocus lens among a
>>> crowd of moving folks.  I think zone focusing is much simpler.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 5:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Manual Focus vs AF
>>>
>>>
>>>> New feature in the upcoming E-X:  Snake-Eye Detection!
>>>> AG
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