> . . . . I tend to see the pro-MF side cite
> quite firmly that MF is "more accurate"
> than AF. I DO NOT want to reopen the
> battle of auto/manual anything. However,
> I would like to know if this in fact true,
> and why.
>
My experience has been that AF is more accurate, but
tends to promote 'operator errors'.
With the camera focussing for me, I had to learn to resist
the tendency to point the camera and shoot without paying
attention to just what part of the subject focus is locked
on.
The first roll of film I shot with my F5 had lots of pictures
of people with their noses or ears in focus instead of their
eyes. It was all due to my carelessness though. After I
learned to take the time to make sure that the sensor is
exactly where I want to focus, it's always been dead on.
-Don
