Actually I think it is more of a presbyopia thing than encephalopathy....I don't know how to feel about autofocus. Can it be a slippery slope? I already embraced aperture-priority in all my cameras, today it's adding AF, tomorrow - a fully automatic film processor, next thing you know - you're shooting digital and your friends don't want to talk to you anymore!
I find the pentaprism easier to work with and much brighter. Pretty much as heavy as the rest of the camera and lens, though.Seriously, it is really nice for waist-level finder use and nice when working with a dim pentaprism.
I find the pentaprism easier to work with and much brighter. Pretty much as heavy as the rest of the camera and lens, though.
I've had my 6008af for a bit now. I focus manually, shoot wide open a lot and have been experiencing intermittent missed focus shots. When I had a discrepancy between the electronic focus indicator and my eye, I went with my eye. After all I've been successfully focusing manually for over 50 years.
Some testing proved that was a mistake. I'm not sure if I was missing focus do to aging eyes, not having diopters/viewing dialed in, or a bit of each. But at a recent shoot a couple weeks back I leaned heavily on the focus indicator with good results.
No, but after a lot of testing I've determined it is me. The camera was purchased new from the factory less than a year ago for what that's worth. I doubt it's out of whack, though could be. I have an appt with my eye doc next month and want to see if my eyes have changed and have a discussion with her about diopters and her suggestion for focusing.
i appreciate your input Sirius but my focus errors are not consistent or in a consistent direction indicating an alignment issue.
It is the 90 that is a little dimmer and gives a smaller image than the 45, and I have more trouble focusing that one. One thing I like about the 90 is it gets the camera up higher with the wide lenses, otherwise I get too much foreground.I find the pentaprism easier to work with and much brighter. Pretty much as heavy as the rest of the camera and lens, though.
Get new friends! Obviously the old ones are dicks!I don't know how to feel about autofocus. Can it be a slippery slope? I already embraced aperture-priority in all my cameras, today it's adding AF, tomorrow - a fully automatic film processor, next thing you know - you're shooting digital and your friends don't want to talk to you anymore!
There are so many factors to producing a sharp photo. Generally, portrait work its done with a moderate telephoto lens, which would be the 180mm 2.8 AF for the Rollei. An excellent lens, but big and heavy. If you are considering it for portrait work, and shooting wide open, it is more than good enough with moderately fast film. Even better working on a sturdy tripod.Is the 6008af precise enough for portrait work?
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