Re: Manual focus and proud of it (was:Re: On Manual and Auto Focus)

2003-07-11 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that I now use manual focus 100% of the time on my DSLR, even though it has a reasonable AF system, and in fact is the first AF camera I have come across. I just got fed up with letting the camera decide what was in focus or not. (...) In the tv

Re: Manual focus and proud of it (was:Re: On Manual and Auto Focus)

2003-07-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Cotty wrote: I just got fed up with letting the camera decide what was in focus or not. REPLY: Don't know about yours but on my camera I decide what I want in focus and the camera does it for me when I'm not able to do it with necessary precision myself. I use manual focus every time I'm able

Re: Manual focus and proud of it (was:Re: On Manual and Auto Focus)

2003-07-11 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Hold it right there, Bud, and step away from the focus ring! You do this (manual focus thing) for a living, day in day out. This is a highly developed skill that few people have. I think that this is a case where what works specifically for you, won't work the same way for most people. BR