What a horribly profound statement. All you have to do is try to manually focus an *ist film body or a Nikon D70 or most any cheap to mid level AF camera body anymore to see how true this is. When I got my *istD, I chose it partly because of a usable viewfinder for focusing. I have since compared it to a Nikon D1x and found them to be comparable. Now, I am not saying they are great, but they are about as good as AF viewfinders are these days. I expect the high end Canons to be similar. But the low to mid level stuff is usually quite poor and the assumption is that AF will save the day.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 3:33:52 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: "Rob Studdert" WR> Subject: Re: I'm surprised that this one didn't attract a single bid >> LOL, I love where this simple post went, got to appreciate the PDML for >> sheer >> entertainment value. Though I do agree having owned two A20/2.8 and having >> handled an FA20/2.8 and knowing that they are in fact optically identical >> I far >> prefer the A version to actually use. Strangely I've never missed AF on >> any WA >> lens. :-) WR> One of the sad things about AF is that it allowed for the demise of good WR> viewfinders, making AF a necessity. WR> William Robb
