*istD AF

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:44 PM, William Robb wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>
>
>> 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'.
>
> I'd have to go back to the manual to confirm this, but I recall  
> that camera
> selected AF is the AF point that reads closest to the camera.

It doesn't seem to be quite that simple to my eye, watching the  
behavior when I have complex subject matter I'm framing. Sometimes it  
hits what I want, sometimes not, and the relative distances don't  
seem to be the criteria.

Godfrey