I've been waiting for that same contrail/moon combination, but with no practical sense of actual hope. Your experience would have put me in about a three week sniffling mumble.
Jack --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Camera Envy > To: "pentax list" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 3:00 PM > On 16/10/08, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >My counter part in the equine game tried a D3, and did > not like > >looking at the 57 AF points. Felt it was a major > distracrion. > > Interesting. > > When i had my 1DmII, i first used it with all manner of red > things > flashing at me in the viewfinder. It was incredibly > distracting - so in > the end i turned all the visual confirmation stuff off. The > result was a > revelation. I had the focus points set to 11 in the middle > circle, no > confirmation. Guess what - I used my eyes as confirmation! > The AF then > snapped in, and my eyes said yes - that's in focus and > pop, took the > pic. Occasionally (very occasionally) it would hunt. Like > once when I > saw a contrail heading straight for the moon in a deep blue > sky. Shoulda > had the thing set to MF but of course it wasn't and > just at the crucial > moment the AF went AWOL. Lost the shot. Learned my lesson > there. > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
