on 1/18/01 at 1:37 PM +0100, Chris Valentine wrote:
>
>Steve Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >...the autofocus is an issue. There are a great many shots that were
> >disappointingly out of focus, even with the greater DOF afforded by my
> >distance from the court. I shot a few sequences with the film advance set
> >for "as fast as it'll go", but I wasn't too impressed with the results
> >(more a function of my ineptitude than the camera's).
>
>I've found my EOS1n's AF behaviour to be noticeably better (for both
>hockey and wildlife) than the Minolta Dynax 9 I replaced with it. I put
>this down to smaller AF sensors. I wonder if you'd get on better if you
>chose a particular sensor (I presume you are able to do that with the
>D30?).
Yes, I typically have only the center point active.
> >Metering isn't an issue as I set the camera to full manual metering
> >(1/500 at f2.8).
>
>Having metered off what? A player's face? I would have thought matrix mode
>would be OK. That's what I use.
I actually metered off the hardwood floor, and backed down a 1/3 of a
stop or so. The nice thing about the digital is the ability to
examine the images and histograms during pregame warmups.
> >All this said, I'd like to compare my results with my EOS 3 body and the
> >same lenses. However, I have not as yet done that, as I haven't had the
> >opportunity to bring that much gear to a game yet.
>
>You'd look lots more professional!
Actually, that is precisely why I DON'T do it! :-)
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