Hello again everyone. I am hoping someone has some experience with predictive auto-focus. I have this feature on both my PZ-1p and my 645n. What this feature means to me is that the camera makes an attempt to "predict" where a moving object will be in order to get the most precise focus on that object at the time of shutter release. Okay, that makes sense. Here is where I have the problem. It is in the use of this feature. When I put either camera on "servo" for focus, the camera will allow me to fire the shutter whether the camera is in focus or not. I had read on a 645 discussion thread that another 645n owner/user said that as a wedding photographer he uses the predictive auto-focus to photograph individuals coming down the aisle towards him. Okay, that makes perfect sense except that unlike "single" mode where the camera won't fire until the focus is complete, this mode fires "at will" so to speak. So how do you use this "predictive auto-focus". I could surmise that if you press the shutter release button half way the camera will focus. Then pressing it the rest of the way will release the shutter with the camera focused at that distance. With an object moving towards you, if it has moved far enough to have gone out of focus, then you have not achieved anything. So the question is; how does this work and how is it most effectively used.
Thanks in advance, Glen O'Neal (in Kansas City)
