joseph_barbano Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 In 2000, visited Turkey. School Girls in Istanbul celebrating early dismissal. R7 w/ 35-70 on K64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_barbano Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Learning Curve!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_white2 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Why did you focus on the flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_barbano Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 I panicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damir_fajdetic Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Why... did the girls attack you? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_barbano Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Only kidding. It was on the spur of the moment and the flag was stationary and the girls were walking fast and I was close. Should a had autofocus. Sorry. What anathema! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunom Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Joseph I suppose this type of situation is were the M cameras excel, a 35mm pre focussed to about 12feet or so, take a pic and then try again to get a better [?] one, although all of that can be done with a reflex as well. Regards Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 <I>I suppose this type of situation is were the M cameras excel, a 35mm pre focussed to about 12feet or so, </I><P> ...Or not so much an M camera, but a camera, RF or SLR, with a prime lens with a depth of field scale to facilitate a zone of focus. Rather than say 12 feet (pretty far for a 35mm lens), a zone of maybe 4-12 feet and the mobility to maneuver to within that range will cover this type of subject rather well. You need not even bring the camera to the eye with practice, which allows you to get in very close without drawing attention to yourself.<P> A lens that is already in focus (via the scale) is faster than any auto-focus, plus you don't have to make sure some spot in the finder is on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pensacolaphoto Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Joseph, If you are shy about openly taking photos of strangers, just pre-focus and choose an appropriate f-stop beforehand. Then shoot from the hip without taking the camera to your face to look through the viewfinder. After a some practice you will master the technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Lovely young ladies...were you tempted to say hello and ask to make their group photo, promising prints? I can imagine them giggling, awkward, posing...multiple images... Do young Turkish students speak English or French? Surely one of yours did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 What raid said. AF may not have delt with this particular situation well. What the yanks call Zone-focussing is great for this sort of suff. Hey, if that old codger Kaplan can do it, it can't be that hard. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Just saw, said pic, was made with an R7 and zoom, Sorry. My above comments assumed M camera. Ms are, for obvious reasons, a better tool for prefocus techniques. Nice to see a R related post BTW. But are they really Leicas and can they be used for rangefinder style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk_szekiat Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 for what its worth, i actually thought the focus on the flag was a good idea. would make a good nationalism poster with the subject being progress of education in turkey or something. The girls would probably have been motion blurred anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_barbano Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 BTW, you can't imagine the number of people to whom I show this photo that cannot identify what country this picture was taken in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Melbourne Australia? The RSL even let the Turks march on Anzac day, these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 this looks like it was taken on 'istiklal caddessi' ?? near taksim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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