Do you use your DoF Preview button?

[Bitter Jeweler]

Many people don't even know what it does.

Do you?

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

I do.....cause its set to actually switch between One Shot and AI Servo :thumbup: When it WAS set as DOF Preview, I used it maybe 2 or 3 times and that was about it.

 

[Gaerek]

Yep, I sure do. Basically required to find the hyperfocal distance. Many people don't even know what that is, hence one of the reasons many don't know what the DoF preview button does.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Very rarely, but is has come in handy on occasion.

 

[clanthar]

infrequently

 

[analog.universe]

Yes for sure. For hyperfocal as mentioned, and also really nice for composing macro shots.. :thumbup:

I don't especially like the way it interacts with my third party focusing screen however. The edges of the prisms and the screen construction become visible, because certain prism facets are no longer receiving light from the necessary direction.... can be a little distracting.

 

[KmH]

With digital I rarely use it because the viewfinder gets so dark at less than wide open apertures, it's often virtually useless.

With enough experience people eventually develop a sense of how much DOF various combinations of camera, lens, exposure settings, subject distance, and subject scale in the image will deliver.

 

[e.rose]

Sometimes. Never during shows or things like that, but sometimes I'll use it. I can't really think of an exact example of *when* I'll use it, but sometimes I will. :lmao:

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

"With digital I rarely use it because the viewfinder gets so dark at less than wide open apertures, it's often virtually useless.

With enough experience people eventually develop a sense of how much DOF various combinations of camera, lens, exposure settings, subject distance, and subject scale in the image will deliver."


^---This

Also, there are plenty of Hyperfocal distance calculators you can use to make a judgement on where your focus should be. I don't think the majority of people that don't use the DOF preview simply don't know what hyperfocal distance is.

 

[mikehaugen]

not really, as KMH said it just makes things too dark to be useful. Not to mention I have a hard enough time telling for sure that my subject is in focus through the little viewfinder, I definitely can't tell how focused the surroundings are.

 

[kundalini]

I know where it is, what it does and how it works. I rarely use it though, pretty much as KmH describes,...... I have an intimate relationship with my lenses.

 

[lyonsroar]

No.

 

[tirediron]

Frequently.

 

[Overread36]

Hardly ever - partly as a result of two main factors:
1) I'm rarly in a situation where I've the need to use it to see the depth of field since with macro I've a fairly good idea what I'll get anyway and with wildilfe I've never the time to fiddle (nor often hte luxuary of chooing the aperture).

2) I can never find the darn thing - probably a result of using larger lenses, but I've never a finger anywhere near the button so it gets very little use (it is one button that I think is very poorly placed on the camera).

 

[altitude604]

Rarely will I use it. Generally I know what sort of DoF I'll be getting with my setup.

That and with a lot of handheld shots, it's a pain in the @$$ to use when holding a 70-200L.