What's with all the stupid .sig advertising. We beat this horse way too
much. Please don't advertise on this group. Especially the stupid
click-thrus.
That being said, I think you'll find improved focus if:
1) you either restrict to just the center focus point
2) you expand the center focus point to include surrounding focus points
(this is a CF function; forgot which one)
3) You turn off ECF and select the automatic focus selection point
(big circle-o-points). This will let the -3 select the point with the
most contrast.
KN
At 2:35 PM -0800 2/11/01, Thanh Le wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I know the low-light AF issue has been discussed several times, but this
>time I'm hoping to hear from people who have shot in gyms. I recently
>bought a new EOS-3 to replace my A2 for my sports photography and the first
>I assigment I used it on was some high school and college basketball. I've
>shot non-pro basketball before and am well aware of the dismal lightning,
>but was very surprised at the number of the time the EOS-3 could not acquire
>focus.
>
>I was using this:
>- EOS-3 with PB-E2 and 70-200 f/2.8L shooting mainly verticals. Date code
>is ON1019 (Oct 1999).
>- Fuji Superia 800 pushed to 3200.
>- Manual exposure of f/2.8 @ 320. Incident reading was at about EV 11.
>- AI servo focus with only the center point activated.
>
>The EV level was well within the range of the AF specifications, but the -3
>refused to focus during probably 40% of the time I tried to use it. It had
>a really hard time with the dark colored jerseys and when I tried the off
>center focus points the performance was even worst. Admittedly contrast was
>low, but surely the AF system is capable of better performance than that.
>So the question is, has anyone had any luck shooting high school basketball
>with the EOS-3?
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