Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shooting birds is a demanding effort without autofocus. Your image is just fine, just accept a whole bunch of missed shots and praise the fact you didn't have to pay for the film. On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 2:38 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > I took out another manual focus lens today on my Fuji X-T2. It is a > Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 200/4, from the 1970s. It's biggest > shortcoming is that its closest focus distance is 2.5 meters (8.2 ft.) > Insects were not cooperative, so I moved toward the bird feeder support > post, where this male Purple Finch was giving me the message that I was > disturbing his snack. > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210724-DSCF2498-Enhanced.JPG.html > > The lesson learned was that old guys best stick to autofocus. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com