*istD AF

[Tom C]

I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point.  How can it possibly 
know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then compose 
type'.

Tom C.


>From: John Francis <johnf at panix.com>
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>Subject: Re: *istD AF
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:08:18 -0500
>
>On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:05:49AM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote:
> > Frits W?thrich wrote:
> >
> > > I leave choosing the autofocus point up to the camera.
> >
> > I don't because with the race cars, I often have to "manage" the DOF by
> > intentionally biasing the focus point to compensate for the shutter's
> > lock time.
>
>As do I.  In fact I'm not too keen on the full-auto-focus mode at
>any time; I've got a whole stack of shots where *something* is
>nicely in focus, but it isn't actually what I wanted.  The K10D
>may focus faster, but that's still no help if it's focussing on
>the wrong thing, and I rather doubt the K10D uses significantly
>different auto-focus point selection criteria than the *ist-D.
>
>
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