Post #4132623
2026-07-27 08:13 UTC
@StevenLawsonPhotography@mastoart.social
Yes the focus peaking and sweeping through the focus distance is very effective.
I expect a lot of people are drawn to the character of older lenses, but I wonder in what ways it changes your brain, and changes how you think about composition?
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@mandelbroccoli@cupoftea.social 2026-07-27 08:29
@ewen@social.ewenbell.com @StevenLawsonPhotography@mastoart.social I find that when I’m using an MF lens with a shallow DoF, I’m spending more time considering exactly where I set that focal point - it’s an artier shot that I use that for, say grasses in a sunset or whatever, so I’m considering do I want the focal point on the very front of the subject, making it seem sharp, or do I want it within it, so it seems more dreamy? Same with street/architecture, where do I want the focal plane to cut the image. I know you can do this with point-focus AF, but watching the peaking show how the focal plane intersects with the image is different to just picking a spot that you want to be sharp