> To boil it down further, his argument is, in essence, that AF
> cameras are
> neither magic nor perfect--not exactly a news flash. Beyond
> that, he seems to
> resent the move away from *his* preferred type of
> equipment--Nikon manual-focus
> gear, and fixed-focal-length lenses--and is inclined to
> attribute this to greed
> on the part of Canon, Minolta, etc. rather than to legitimate
> engineering (and
> marketing) decisions. Although Monaghan manages to make some
> valid points
> (rather in spite of himself), this page is largely a good example of
> Shakespeare's "sound and fury." In my view, he's just a
> techno-grouch with a web
> site. He doesn't like AF and is looking for all the reasons
> he can possibly
> scrape together to justify his dislike, all the while
> characterizing those who
> find AF equipment useful as "autofocus fan(atics)."
I mostly agree with your comments about that particular page. The rest of
the guys site though is huge. He has articles on alot of different things,
each of around the same length as the autofocus page. I give credit to him,
because to crank out the amount of stuff he has is amazing. I particularly
like the Top 10 myths of photography page
(http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/brontenmyths.html). I don't agree with all
the stuff he writes (eg. Diopter Lenses are not inferior to extension tubes
or macro lenses), but he has made me stop & think about things once in
awhile. His site is well worth a look.
- Stuart
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