Here is a something to all photographers who wear glasses. If you were glasses for reading and watching the television, never try to take a photo with the glasses on, you will not be able to focus properly on the subject. It might look in focus while wearing the glasses, that's because you are looking at the subject and everything is amplified. Unfortunately, the picture will come out slightly fuzzy. Always remove your glasses when looking through the view finder to focus
Paul, on the other hand, if you must wear glasses full time to see at all, it is imperative to wear them while shooting photos. Personally, when I remove my coke bottle bottoms, I can't even find the camera to shoot the pictures! Seriously, I have been photographing wearing glasses for some 45 years and the only bad thing is that the camera scratches my glasses.
Paul, Cannot agree with your statement. I have been wearing glasses for many years and cannot properly focus my photos through the viewfinder without my glasses. Of course, some cameras allow some adjustment of the viewfinder focus, but it is not the majority of them. So, i'll continue to take my pictures with my glasses. Jean-Louis Simonet Visit traiN'ternet: http://www.trainternet.org/
That's what I thought autfocus was for; to get rid of this problem. I am aware there can be problems with autofocus, but when I am railfaning, I rely on it a lot. If I was shooting a model with it, I would autofucos on the area I want, then turn the auto off, leaving everything in focus.
Okay guys, sorry I spoke about glasses. With auto focus, all you need do is point and shoot. I know if I wear mine and focus on a subject, take the photo, then take it again without the glasses, the photo is sharper and better. So I beg to differ with you, try this experiment. Put the camera on a tripod and focus onto a subject with your glasses on, take them off and look again, you should note the difference. Especially with reading glasses. [ 17 February 2001: Message edited by: Paul Templar ]
Paul, Sorry, it's always better with my glasses than without them and I've never missed a photo under these conditions. Now, when it comes to photographing model railroad, the best tool that I know is a measuring tape, in order to measure the distance from the camera to the subject. This, combined with a depth of field table will give you the best photo that you can think of. For more infos, please see the "model photo" section on the traiN'ternet web site listed below. Jean-Louis Simonet visit traiN'ternet: http://www.trainternet.org/
JLS I was a professional photographer myself for many years , I too have written about this subject, which can be read on my website. http://www.badger-creek.co.uk [ 18 February 2001: Message edited by: Paul Templar ]
