Beg to differ.
I frequently use a selected AF point with my DSLRs, but hardly ever use manual focus. Even when I'm using an old A-series lens I rely on the camera AF system to give me focus confirmation - it's just more accurate than my eyesight. I consider AF point selection much as I do the choice of exposure mode (Tv, Av, P, ...); it's a way for me to make the camera's automation do (mostly) what I want it to do, not what some programmer decided. But if the camera provides a way to do something, I'll let it do so much of the time. On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:04:12AM +0100, Bob W wrote: > Once you're into that sort of farting around with af points you are > essentially focusing manually. > > B > > On 24 Jul 2013, at 23:55, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I use all of the limited number of AF points that Pentax provides. Eg: > > the two upper corners of the 9-square land nicely on eyes in > > portraits. The outliers are good for faces in full-body shots. Etc. > > > > 39 would be both good and bad. With the Pentax cluster, it takes only > > a moment to steer over to another point when switching poses or > > orientation. With 39? I dunno, could be tedious. OTOH, getting the > > framing you want rather than what's forced on you would be nice. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch <a...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > >>> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image > >>> stabilization. > >>> On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive. > >> > >> Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live > >> handheld shooting? > >> -- > >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > >> http://rule6.info/ > >> <*> <*> <*> > >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > -bmw > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
