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Subject: Re: [OM] dance photo shoot
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:58:42 -0400
Chuck .............. an f2.8 of any brand is not that fast. "Fast" is f2 or 
better is fast; try an f1.0 for fast. I did once !. And how does one focus 
in "total darkness"?

jh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] dance photo shoot


> All I can say is that my 5D with Tokina 28-80/2.8 can focus on wedding
> reception dance floors in light so low that I can hardly see the people
> I'm focusing on in the viewfinder.  That is the principal reason I
> bought it.  But since I added a 540EZ flash unit it can now focus in
> total darkness out to 15 meters.
>
> Your Tamron 70-300 (I assume) is f/4-5.6 so you're one to two stops
> down.  Try a 2.8 lens for the difference.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> Even the 5D II which claimed has been taking care of AF issue at 
>> different
>> color temp. has problem, it fail with my Tamron 70-300 when I was 
>> shooting
>> my son's U. Grad. Ceremony inside a hall. For day time shooting it was
>> perfect, similar problem happen with my 40D but it could be a lens and
>> camera matching issue.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>>
>>> Sounds like you need a camera with a better auto-focus system.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Even the best auto-focus will have a horrible hit-rate in this lighting
>>>> condition.  Personally, I find auto-focus to be a distraction when 
>>>> doing
>>>> this kind of photography because it ends up fighting you and you miss 
>>>> the
>>>> "decisive moment".  After 1/2 hour of practice or use, you can manually
>>>> track and focus better than auto-focus ever can.  Your frustration 
>>>> level
>>>> will go down greatly. Instead of a 25% hit-rate (shutter-release
>>>> priority),
>>>> you can up that to 80% hit-rate of in-focus images.  (Even the best AF
>>>> systems can't muster much better than 25% hit-rate under these specific
>>>> conditions using SRP).
>>
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