Wicked Dark
03-14-2010, 05:26 PM
So funnily enough, in time for Marko's podcast about finding functions deep in the menu and using them to your advantage, I found out about a function that I'm so in love with I can hardly stand myself.
Now, it's not so much a function as an overlay in Live View. Most of the time I've got just the spirit level overlaid my screen. Now I find that I can make a little green square come up. I can move that square anywhere in the scene. Then I can zoom 5, 7 or 10 times. OMFG. You've got to be kidding me. I can SEE tiny details in my macro shots and make sure I've got them in focus before taking the picture??????
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature/A-Walk-in-the-Woods/P3144267/810075845_JAxik-XL.jpg
This is a piece of potential firewood shot in my garage with my manual Olympus 90mm f2 macro lens. A lens I will not part with while I'm still breathing. OMG. Each of those little clusters is about 1cm in width. It's like I have a whole new camera. I'm so amazed I'm practically speechless.
I knew you guys would understand.
Now, it's not so much a function as an overlay in Live View. Most of the time I've got just the spirit level overlaid my screen. Now I find that I can make a little green square come up. I can move that square anywhere in the scene. Then I can zoom 5, 7 or 10 times. OMFG. You've got to be kidding me. I can SEE tiny details in my macro shots and make sure I've got them in focus before taking the picture??????
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature/A-Walk-in-the-Woods/P3144267/810075845_JAxik-XL.jpg
This is a piece of potential firewood shot in my garage with my manual Olympus 90mm f2 macro lens. A lens I will not part with while I'm still breathing. OMG. Each of those little clusters is about 1cm in width. It's like I have a whole new camera. I'm so amazed I'm practically speechless.
I knew you guys would understand.