Here is an example of the type of photo that I think may be more difficult to visualize with an M6 than with an SLR, as suggested in the recent thread on Huger Foote using the M6:

While I could more or less visualize the out-of-focus area behind the plane of focus, I think its very difficult to visualize the large out-of-focus area at the bottom of the photo in front of the plane of focus. I would think that the effect of this image would be easier to see through a SLR. With an M6, one has to just shoot and then see how things come out on the slide tray. Huger Foote has many photos of this type in his book _My_Friend_from_Memphis_.

I am interested in these type of photos that depend on the relationship between the bokeh in front and behind the plane of focus to the areas that are in focus. I used an M-75/1.4 probably at f/2.

--Mitch/Bangkok

-- Mitch Alland (malland@mac.com), January 06, 2002