Craig, your quoting is off JIC you are using a third party utility.
Under my name below is something *I* quoted in a message. It's not
important and it certainly doesn't bother me, but there are some
utilities out there that manage this stuff and if you're using one, you
need to call 'Here Boy' and train it a little better <g>.
>
> Jim Davis wrote:
>
> > What's all this talk about the EOS 7/30 being so
> > fast and great at auto-focusing then if it hunts at the level
> > of a well lit store? I thought it rarely needed the auto focus
> > assist it was soooo good at locking on at low levels?
>
> Bill Simonsen wrote:
>
> > If you are referring to C.Fn-7 (unless the firmware in my
> > camera is buggy), no setting will disable the AF-Assist
> > that occurs while the camera is hunting in AF.
> > I just tested this on my Elan7 thinking I could
> > disable that crazy thing once and for all.
>
> I'm a bit baffled by some of the comments on this topic. I
> have the AF-assist turned off (CF 7 set to "1"), and in the "Creative
Zone" I
> can't get a pre-flash under any circumstances, at least not with the
built-in
> flash; with the 550EX it doesn't matter anyway since the 550 uses its
red lamp for AF
> assist.
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Back to subject, one reason I like the IIE over some of the earlier
Rebels is the three-dot cross hatched AF assist pattern. The fellow
above might have been focusing on a relatively featureless surface, in
which case said pattern works wonderfully..
-Bill
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