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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Mike Sellers on December 08, 2015, 03:36:56 pm

Title: Hassy True Focus
Post by: Mike Sellers on December 08, 2015, 03:36:56 pm

Would this true Focus be of any use for landscape photography?
Mike

Title: Re: Hassy True Focus
Post by: gss on December 08, 2015, 04:46:57 pm

It is useful any time you want to focus and recompose using only rotations with no lateral movement.  It could be helpful in some circumstances, but for me portraiture is where it shines.

Title: Re: Hassy True Focus
Post by: Dustbak on December 08, 2015, 05:17:03 pm

Assuming you will be putting the HB on a tripod for landscape photography. This is where True Focus has difficulties and might even work against you since it doesn't recognize the movements you make. TF works best when shooting loosely out of the hand with deliberate wrist movements while recomposing. I find it very helpful shooting portraits. When shooting from a tripod I would never use TF.

Title: Re: Hassy True Focus
Post by: SrMi on December 09, 2015, 01:08:24 pm

Hasselblad's documentation indicates that True Focus should work on tripod: static.hasselblad.com/2015/02/using-true-focus.pdf

I do not use True Focus in landscape photography.