Hello Shel, Two comments here. First, you are using an AF camera that has a liveable viewfinder - not great, but ok by AF camera standards. That means that it is possible to MF with the camera. Some of the AF cameras have such lousy finders that you are pretty much stuck with working with the AF and the imprecision that you have discovered. I remember going through all the pics that my niece did on one of her paid shoots - she is a wedding/portrait photographer by trade. She was shooting a Nikon D1 at the time - fairly high end body and I was surprised at the large number of images that had the focus just slightly off - pretty much the imprecision that you see. It wasn't so noticeable unless you blew the picture up to an 8X10 or so.
Second comment - for me, I only ever use AF when I know that I can't do quite as well manually focusing - there are only a few occasions when this occurs and I know exactly what they are. So mostly I manually focus and don't worry about the AF. It does mean that right near the top of my list is a viewfinder that works well for manual focus. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, August 6, 2005, 4:10:21 PM, you wrote: SB> I spent the afternoon with the camera and an AF lens. Mostly I used spot SB> AF. It's OK, but there are clearly limitations, and they pop up (for me) SB> unexpectedly. Perhaps after using the camera for a while I'll be able to SB> anticipate when AF will work to my satisfaction. But then, the idea of SB> carrying a camera around for quick shots and stopping to check what mode SB> it's in, and maybe having to change the mode, seems like a self defeating SB> exercise. Leaving the camera in MF mode makes the most sense for me based SB> on current experience. That said, what's the point of using an AF camera. SB> No, I'd not made up my mind - how could I, I'd not even run a single roll SB> of film through the camera until just now. SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Igor Roshchin >> Shel, have you been using your with a spot focus ? If not, - try >> it again. Although you seem to have formed your opinion, you >> might find it working better anyway.
