I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it possibly know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then compose type'.
Tom C. >From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: *istD AF >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:08:18 -0500 > >On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:05:49AM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: > > Frits W?thrich wrote: > > > > > I leave choosing the autofocus point up to the camera. > > > > I don't because with the race cars, I often have to "manage" the DOF by > > intentionally biasing the focus point to compensate for the shutter's > > lock time. > >As do I. In fact I'm not too keen on the full-auto-focus mode at >any time; I've got a whole stack of shots where *something* is >nicely in focus, but it isn't actually what I wanted. The K10D >may focus faster, but that's still no help if it's focussing on >the wrong thing, and I rather doubt the K10D uses significantly >different auto-focus point selection criteria than the *ist-D. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
