Hi,
Lasse Karlsson wrote:
> Whale Watcher Superior Fred wrote:
>> In a message dated 1/15/2001 4:19:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> > I found myself in the minority school
>> > who prefer a short turn of the helicoid
>>
>> I also, like Bob, prefer a "short throw" from infinity to near focus, since I
>> want to be able to focus as quickly as possible.
> Well, since a couple of years back there is this new invention called "auto focus"
>(AF), which is supposed to help you do just that... :-)
really? How extraordinary! What will they think of next?
My admittedly limited experience of this trick of Satan is that the
cameras that use it are over-complicated in various other ways, and
that along with the ease of AF come some additional difficulties,
particularly in the selection of the focus area. I often use off-centre
focusing on the ground glass, and have an infinite number of points to
choose from. AF cameras seem to offer a strictly limited number of focus
points, and the method of choosing the focus point seems slower and
more difficult than turning a focus ring. However, perhaps I'm just an
old dog.
Cheers,
Bob
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Cheers,
Bob
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