The reason you buy an AF body is because that is the only way they make DSLR's or 35mm SLRs or 645s.
Of course, why not leave the camera in P mode instead of controlling it. You bought it with that feature, why not use it? How often have you actually got that quick 1-chance shot that was a real great shot? Seems that making all the other planned shots suffer for it a bit odd. If you were walking around with a 67 or 4X5, you are not going to try to get those type of shots (I question how good they are going to be anyway), so why not just apply the same thought process to what you already have? On top of that, the satisfaction of creating your shot is much greater than the feeling of being "lucky" to run into a shot that your camera did all the work for. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, July 27, 2004, 12:05:56 PM, you wrote: TC> Because I'm lazy, and then when I wanted that quick 1-chance shot I'll have TC> forgottem the camera was in manual focus mode and blow it. TC> I agree with your point.... but then again why buy an autofocus camera body TC> and not use it? TC> Tom C. >>From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:52:45 -0400 >> >>SLR is less stable than non-SLR due to mirror movement. >>That's why the mirror lock up feature exists. Any if >>you are going to lock up mirror anyway, why bother >>carrying around a big heavy camera with "features" you >>don't want / need. >> >>If you know you want infinity focus, why not just set it manually >>and eliminate the possibiliy of the dumb camera making a >>mistake? I would never use AF for landscapes there is no rush >>so why not make sure focus is correct by doing it manually? >> >>JCO >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:32 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >> >> >>Autofocus works just fine for landscapes... more often so when focus is >>at >>infinity... >> >>OK - here I'll argue a point just to hear myself... >> >>Shooting a landscape with an SLR on a tripod is useful for the same >>reason >>as putting any camera on a tripod... stability... a more deliberate >>composition... works especialy well with a ballhead IMO. >> >> >> >>Tom C. >> >> >> >> >> >> >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >> >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:11:11 -0400 >> > >> >sure you CAN do landscape on a P67, but WHY? >> >LF is cheaper and better and lighter. Using >> >an SLR for landscape when the camera is fixed >> >on a tripod doesn't make much sense to me. >> >Of course you would use manual focus regardless >> >of format. Autofocus is for grab shots when you >> >are in a hurry or cant focus fast enough to action. >> >That is exact opposite of landscape photography. >> >JCO >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:58 PM >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >> > >> > >> >Followup... actually I'd like to try 4 X 5. I do think one can 'craft' >> >> >a shot regardless of format. That's why I think going to a 67 and all >> >manual >> >focus will help in that regard. >> > >> > >> >Tom C. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >> > >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:39:46 -0600 >> > > >> > >>From: "John C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> > >>4x5 is a far superior image quality SYSTEM, it is not because the >> > >>lenses are better, actually some of them are worse than the P67 >> > >>lenses, it is just that the film size is so big you don't need as >> > >>much >> > >> > >>lens resolution to end up overall much sharper than P67. Add to that >> >> > >>the fact that film grain is way less visible with the bigger negs >> > >>and 4x5 pretty much destroys p67 for landscape photography. >> > >> >> > >>I don't mean to sound harsh but your reply seems to be based on all >> > >>the classic myths and sterotypes associated with LF by people who >> > >>have >> > >> > >>never done any LF photography. >> > >> >> > >>JCO >> > > >> > >You are correct... I have never done LF firsthand, or MF for that >> > >matter. Here's the thing... let's say my personal "Keeper shots/Shots >> >> > >taken >> >Ratio" >> > >is 1/36, or approximately one per roll (yeah, if I'm lucky). If I go >> >out >> > >and shoot 100 frames of 35mm, I might come back with 3 keepers. If I >> >were >> > >to only take 20 images on an outing I could come back with nothing >> >worth >> > >keeping... what % of your 4 x 5 shots are throwaway? >> > > >> > >Tom C. >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >>
