Well, when I was taking racing photos a couple weeks ago, I was able to select a focus point for the shot I wanted and pan as the cars came through the frame until it was where I wanted it and bam, trip the shutter. It'd be great for tripod shooting. For snagging kids pretending to be Tigger or playing with hula hoops, auto is not the answer.
Cory likes the hula shot seen here: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: Re: istD review - finally > me too. Does anyone select the focus point or use the automatic setting? > For those of you who do, how well is it working? It seemed pretty slow to > select the focus point manually (and I don't trust the camera to know what I > want in focus). > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: istD review - finally > > > > I've been using mine set to the center AF point most of the time. I find > it > > easier to focus and recompose in my usual shooting than to miss the shot > > because the camera picked the wrong point. > > > > Cory > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003
