Awwww, I looove this comment! Thank you!! And you are 100% right, this stuff has been going on for years, but some of the youtube generation tends to try and find quick fixes, rather than going out there and putting in the work and figuring shit out yourself and developing your OWN technique, whatever suits you best. And I believe this suited ME best. So, I'm happy with what you said, because my variation might be akin to someone from the 1930's or most likely WORST than those Masters hahaha. BUT, it should get the job done or put you in the ballpark at the very least :)

Appreciate that!! Unfortunately, I have no more secrets to add hahaha. This is all I got.

HAHA! I like that even better! I should of thought of that first...the Rae Jose technique...that guy gets all the ladies and glory :(

Awesome!!! Yeah, it's gonna take some practice, obviously doable. Good luck and have fun.

No worries! Hope it helps or at the very least help you form your own slightly varied technique.

Appreciate you brotha!!! Firm smile.

Niiiice! Genius. Whatever works. I just know, what you may think is difficult will just take some time to get the feel for it. Again, this took me 6 months to master. So I'm sure you'll be alright.

That's a very interesting correlation. I have no experience in that area, but I come from a military family haha. So maybe it was a subconscious work ethic to try and master this.

No worries!! You'll get there. And I originally learned this on a 35mm focal length. So you'll be just fine. And tips on practice on distance scaling, check out my other video in the description. Also, in one of the comments below, I gave a guy a handful of tips. Enjoy!! Remember to have fun, it's not a race hahaha.

Awesome! Yeah, this video was for people who shoot film OR possibly interested but put off with trying to focus manually. So even if you shoot digital and use a manual focus lens, it's still fun.

Niiiice, yeah, people who have been doing film or film on the street for quite sometime most likely have a variation of some sort. My true test of my skills will be a roll I shot at 75 ISO where I had to shoot the majority of it all wide open.

that technique be worth the "Dirty Jae" name

One thing at a time, one thing at a time my young skywalker haha.

@@jaeAre200 😁😆

Much much appreciated!! Appreciate the watch and taking the time out to comment.

@@jaeAre200 Your vid on zone focusing was the only one I understood haha!

@@AetherCS2 Well...us dum dums think alike hahaha.

Niiiiice, please let me know how it goes, again, I'm not a 50mm shooter, BUT you can still apply all the same principles. I would suggest trying to shoot at F16 to help you out, give you some leniancy until you can kill those distances with that spot on muscle memory.

@@jaeAre200 gonna get that 1.4 sniping technique with the jae-rose's®

Hahaha, well, honestly, I said in previous videos, IF you're clever enough you may have already figured this out. If I can figure this out, anybody can haha.

@@jaeAre200 thats just awesome man!! thanks so much for helping out!! I actually recently just switched camera systems and got myself a manual lens to do my POV videos, without your videos on focusing.. I probably wouldn't have had any photos in focus!! I'll be sure to credit "Jae Rose Technique" next time in my future videos!! 😅👌

@@southsonata Dope dope!! I just subbed!!!

@@jaeAre200 Appreciate it man!! 🙏🙏

Niiiice. Obviously, it's more complicated on the streets having to react to the scene, judge the distance, and find it on your lens. But maybe you're just smarter than me haha.

I wrote the patch question before you video was over :)

Once you get really comfortable zone focusing and eventually by feel, you won't need to use the focusing patch much outside of when you want to shoot fully opened up for a shallow depth of field or for portraits etc. But most of the time during the day I shoot f5.6 - f16 and don't need the patch much at all. No he's using a Leica m6 which is a fully manual film camera. I'd really recommend shooting in full manual even if you have a digital Leica. If you let the camera make decisions for you, you'll end up not having much say in the end result of your photos and ultimately won't improve much if at all. Mess around with the sunny 16 rule and get comfortable with the exposure triangle. It'll really benefit your photography in the long run. All good questions though

Yeah, man! I hope it helps. It should take maybe a couple months to master then you shouldn't really ever have to worry about it for street shooting ever.

@@jaeAre200 thanks, man! Been doing manual focusing for 3 years now.. used zone focusing a lot.. but I never really thought about this..

Hahaha! Thanks, that put a smile on my face ;)

Niiiice. That's a pretty good idea, never thought about it that way. I've just become so aware of distances the past year or so to where it's just almost embedded in my brain a little bit. But yes, whatever mental shortcuts help :)

Also I love how you got like 4 dislikes? Like...? Who are these losers that can't take a focusing tips video? 😂 OFFENSIVE MATERIAL YOU SUCK JAE! I HaTe yOu!

Hahaha! My man!! Yeah, I figured this will help you alot! Trust me, 3 months of hard work, you will never have to think about this again. In terms of your next lens, that's all up to you. BUT, I would practice this J. Sanchez technique first and get it down pretty well before switching things up. Because when I switched to the 28mm, I had this technique down for 6 months atleast with my 35mm. One challenge at a time.

Have you seen my previous video on this subject with "distancing scaling??" I would check that video out. Other than whats in the video, I would suggest good ol' fashion work ethic. start with judging 1 distance for a week straight. Start with judging 15ft for a week straight until its in your mind and muscle memory. Then do 10ft for a weeks straight or as long as it takes. Then 6 and 3. Again, sometimes there's no cheat code, just going out there and trying it over and over and over. Hope this helps.

@@jaeAre200 I will practice that. thanks dude for the advice. Super cool that you actually took the time to give a quality answer. Love your videos, love your whole atitude! you are nice, cool and positive! (sorry, not gonna say sexy).

btw, I already suggested to my facebook photo group to check the Jae Rose Focus Technique.

Ayyyyyye!! Go get 'em. "Go shoot Mother..." haha

Facts. I'm just so proud that I can judge distances these days, just a useful tool. Btw, who said you wouldn't use 9th grade Algebra in real life?? Boom!

Yeah, again, this was a blue print for ME, people could use it however they want to craft it to their needs. But I feel the positioning on your index finger at close distance would feel awkward, but who knows. Whatevers clever.

Glad it helped! Appreciate the watch and taking the time out to comment.

@@jaeAre200 I have learned a lot from the channel, will stay tuned, and definitely use the "Jae Rose" technique!

Hahaha...there's just too many good techniques out there to use haha.

Hahaha, I love that line, best one in the movie!

So one of the main reasons why i switched from zone-focusing to focus by feel (I never mentioned this in my videos) is becasue theres a HUGE difference between "in focus" and "tack sharp focus." Zone-focusing will get you in the ballpark of focus, but to get the subject that YOU WANT at it's sharpest, it needs to be focused exact (ie focus by feel). And why I moved to Leica glass more so compared to my Voigtlander, is because the quality of the glass is much more generous when it comes to sharpness of your "zone." So if I miss my "focus by feel" by a decent margin, it will still be wayyyy sharper than cheaper glass. My opinion, Summicron Glass is like an M6, there's a mystique to it, obviously performs well above the capabilities, and honestly, that extra stop is pretty useful at times, like streetphotography in the metro/subway which I like to do alot. But if you're using it for depth of field purposes for street--not that useful--I don't shoot below F5.6 most of the time. As for parallax, all that is worked out through intuition, the shots I like to take are already predetermined in a split second before the camera is even to my eye--yess, ninja style :) I hope this helps.

@@jaeAre200 best explanation ever!

Yessssir! Only apply this on the photography field please haha.

jae rose 😂

Technically speaking, it should work for ANY manual lens. Now, the matter of difficulty is another question--depending on focus throw. And if you plan on shooting at F1.8, still possible, but your precision, accuracy and muscle memory better be that of the most elite Archer in the world hahaha.