On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find the Auto-AF point to be one of the worst features I've ever > experienced. Whenever I'm having severe AF problems I check and sure > enough, the switch got bumped from center to auto select. I alway use > center point, focus, then recompose. > > I don't know how the camera can possibly determine where I want focus > and experience shows it cannot. >
Auto-select can be a very good feature. It works extremely well on high-end Nikon's and Canon's and is surprisingly good on the Panasonic m43 cameras. It tends to suck on low-point count AF units, particularly with Pentax. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
