PhotoArchival Posted November 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello! This Saturday afternoon, a co-worker wants me to take photo's of her and her fiance for their "save the date" card for their wedding day. I will be using only the MP + 1.4/50 lux asph. It will be done in their home and also around the neighborhood during the day...so all available light. I will be using 400 color speed film...Indoors and out... In Doors.... If my shutter speed allows it, am I safe in keeping it at f5.6.to achieve good results... Nice sharp selective focus on the couple with slight OoF areas. What is the widest aperture I can go with out sacrificing total sharpness on the two couple. I know it can be a bit tricky since it varies by distance. I don't have any other equipment except me and my camera.....so... ANY TIPS OR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED. THANKS IN ADVANCE! Amado Amado Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rob_x2004 Posted November 8, 2007 Share #2 Posted November 8, 2007 Worth going to leica-camera.com, in your language menu through / M series / Lenses / 50mm 1:1.4 download pdf Technical data which charts the depths of fields. Leica Camera AG - Photography - LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. Not exact and dependent on a few other things like how steady you are and the type of film but worth while to get a feel for what is going on. It will save you doing your own calculations anyway. Apologies if you are way beyond this. Good luck. Craker of a kit for the task, hope you kill it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budrichard Posted November 8, 2007 Share #3 Posted November 8, 2007 Outdoors no problem with 400 ASA and f5.6 but indoors unless they have skylights, shoot at 1.4 or f2.0 depending on shutter speed and how well you can hold. Focus should be on the eye. You purchased that 1.4 Summilux Aspf for its sharpness wide open, use it. I have the 35mm Summilux ASPH and in doors its always wide open. -Dick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoArchival Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted November 9, 2007 Rob---Thank you for the link! I kinda understand it... If I set it to f5.6, and have the lens focused on something 5m away...roughly everything from 4m to 7.5m will be in focus. Like you said this is probably also dependent on how steady I am and the speed of film. in this case 400. and no worries, I'm still very much an amateur. so this is helpful! Dick---Thank you! I've found that depending on the distance, wide open tends to yield relatively little DoF. Great for close up of one person, but found that close up with two people, only one of them tends to be in complete focus, especially when they are on different planes...does this make sense? Wide open, I would have to stand back a bit to gain more DoF range to have them both in focus...correct? Please excuse my stupidity, if I'm wrong with all this... I've always sucked at the technical mambo jumbo. I hardly understand half of it! Thank you both again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 9, 2007 Share #5 Posted November 9, 2007 This might help you also http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html Play round with it and try and get a feel for what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi sudarsono Posted November 9, 2007 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2007 I only know about R lens, but on the lens there is the focus ring and the focus marker. to the left and right of the marker are the markers for the aperture numbers (2, 4, 5.6 and so on).. I use it to show me the DoF on the fly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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