Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, >> (M6) fast to take the pictures, enough fast for children ? Or is an >>AF-SLR the much >>better choice ? >Uli: I use the M6 for informal portraits of children all the time. I like >the 75, 1.4 lens for portraits. I'm amazed that you feel comfortable using the 75 on the M6 for moving kids. Are you shooting at 1.4? I used to own a 50 'lux and positively couldn't focus moving kids with the thing. The DOF was shallow at distances close enough to fill the frame and, since both speed and focus accuracy were important, I found my composition forced, by the RF patch, into a centered framing. How do you trust it? To be fair, AF Canon SLR's are almost as useless under the same conditions. The outer zones of the EOS5's sensor set refuse to lock on any but the contrastiest subject matter and when they do lock (at least with the 50/1 and 85/1.2), accuracy is extremely iffy. I've never been able to start up focus tracking on the outer sensors either. Minolta's 9xi is much better in the AF than the Canon (it will lock and track on the outer sensors, even in low contrast situatons) but, the lack of an instant manual overide doesn't work for me. My favorite kids cameras, in 35mm at least, are the Contax 159mm's and the Nikon FE/FM/F3nonhp-style ones, mostly because of the larger, non 'high eyepoint' viewfinders. These snap into focus quickly and easily. They also seem to leave control of focus with the photographer instead of in limbo, like the newer ones do. Back to the point: How do you make the M6 behave around kids? Rah-rah-shoosh-koom-bah. Give me an R! (somebodies got to cheer).... Danny Gonzalez