Re: Probably dumb AF questions

2002-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
on 04/18/02 07:57, Stephen Moore opined: > The MZ-S is the top-of-line AF body, with the latest, > fastest, most evolved version of the SAFOX system, right? For a Pentax, fes. But a few development steps behind the other makes. Most likely to keep the price down, it has no eye-tracking to 18 dif

Re: Probably dumb AF questions

2002-04-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
Stephen; Predictive AF would be usefull for racing photography because it keeps a moving subject in focus as the shutter is tripped. Trap focus could be usefull as well in racing because you could set the focus on a pre-determined part of the track and the shutter will trip automagically when

Re: Probably dumb AF questions

2002-04-18 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Stephen, Stephen wrote: SM> From what I've gathered reading the list, some of the other SM> bodies (with older SAFOX) can do more "tricks." Not true: Safox-7 supersedes previous versions in all respects. SM> For example, SM> can somebody explain in words of few syllables what "trap

Re: Probably dumb AF questions

2002-04-18 Thread ERNReed
In a message dated 4/18/2002 9:58:34 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For example, > can somebody explain in words of few syllables what "trap > focus" means, and how important it is? What about "predictive > AF" and "focus confirmation?" Are these more properly referred

Probably dumb AF questions

2002-04-18 Thread Stephen Moore
As some here already know ("Held an MZ-S Last Night"), my eyesight's been making me think about autofocus, and now I'm confused. (I must confess that, over the year-and- something I've been reading PDML, I've given only passing attention to AF-related posts, and now the inattention has come back t