Yesterday after being pelted with icy snow and almost being blown of my feet by wind whilst trying to take pictures of a rather angry Lake Michigan I headed to the Field Museum (Natural History Museum) which was especially welcoming as it was a free day for Illinois residents. This was taken in the hall of gems, where this lovely lady and her friend were very taken with all of the bright and shiny rocks displayed.
I am slowly getting used to my small every day camera, have yet to fully come to grips with the best way to focus, but getting there. I would not have been able to get this shot with my dslr.
This is a simply wonderful candid! The Field is a favourite museum of mine when we visit there; I could never tire of it! Obviously, the people watching doubles the pleasure!
@Weezilou I go there at least once a year, and make the most of the free days when I do.This was the first time in a long while that I did not pay to go in one of the special exhibits, which turned out to be fun because it gave me time and energy to wander through the regular exhibits. Like most museums there is more to be seen than you can take in on one visit.
@ukandie1 I've come back to this because it's so good: the tonal range and the shadow play are simply excellent and I'm impressed with the sharpness at 1/15 sec. As to focussing, with my Fuji's I find setting the focus on manual and using focus peaking is the best way and, curiously, you don't have to actually manually focus, just press the AEL button and focussing is instant with focus peaking indicating what is in focus and what isn't... ideal for street candids.
@ukandie1 Me again, when I made my last comment about focussing, I had forgotten that the X70 has a touch screen... given that it has, tapping to focus and release the shutter is the way that I would go. I'll shut-up now...
@vignouse Hi Richard...just curious...with the focus method you suggest, isn't that pretty much the same as using the autofocus?
(I may be asking in a slightly cheeky manner just so you know...not trying to be difficult :)
@stevecameras Perfectly reasonable question Steve. It's something which I think is unique to Fuji - a sort of automated manual focus! However, and curiously, focussing in low light is more accurate this way and either focus- peaking or the split-image range-finder can be activated to show you exactly what is in focus and what isn't. It's my preferred method of focussing with my Fujis in low light.
@vignouse Thank you Richard. I was shooting in aperture priority, and there was a fair bit of light coming from the display case hence the shutter speed. Thanks for the help on focusing, I shall give that a try as I find the touch to shoot a bit laggy.
@ukandie1 I look forward to hearing how you get on with it... it seems to be the fastest and most accurate way of focussing with the Fujis and I usually focus and recompose.
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(I may be asking in a slightly cheeky manner just so you know...not trying to be difficult :)