04-25-2012, 08:16 AM
[quote name='Studor13' timestamp='1335340764' post='17739']
Can someone please explain why LV and manual focusing is needed for landscape photography?
Do people realise that if they put a 10 stop ND filter on say a D300 the AF system still works even on an overcast day?
I consider myself as a serious landscape photographer and I have never used LV for landscapes. (for other things I have of course)
Look, you don't just turn up at a place when the light is too dark to see anything. You get there early and do all your compositons and so on. Here you lock in the focus using the AF-On button and the job is done. So when the light is completely gone but you want to do a super slow shutter speed you already have the focus locked.
Trying to use LV and manual focus in this situation makes no sense.
So, so what if Fred M can't see in the dark. Who can?
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Just like with macro, MF + Live view can get you more accurate focus than AF also with landscapes.
Especially when using tilt shift lenses <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Can someone please explain why LV and manual focusing is needed for landscape photography?
Do people realise that if they put a 10 stop ND filter on say a D300 the AF system still works even on an overcast day?
I consider myself as a serious landscape photographer and I have never used LV for landscapes. (for other things I have of course)
Look, you don't just turn up at a place when the light is too dark to see anything. You get there early and do all your compositons and so on. Here you lock in the focus using the AF-On button and the job is done. So when the light is completely gone but you want to do a super slow shutter speed you already have the focus locked.
Trying to use LV and manual focus in this situation makes no sense.
So, so what if Fred M can't see in the dark. Who can?
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Just like with macro, MF + Live view can get you more accurate focus than AF also with landscapes.
Especially when using tilt shift lenses <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />