--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Did you notice the complaints about the AF
> performance
> of the EOS 3 and EOS 1v with an f/5.6 zoom?
>
> Maybe they didn't know that the 3 and 1v only sense
> horizontal lines at f/5.6? (Then again, Canon
> doesn't
> exactly make this point very obvious...)
>
> Has anyone directly compared the AF performance with
> the same lens mounted on an EOS 3 or EOS 1v, then
> mounted on something like an EOS 30/Elan 7?
Not that comparison, but I shoot with a 70-200 + 2X
quite a bit, and I find the EOS focuses as well as, or
better than, an EOS 1n with that lens. I get very few
out of focus shots, and those that are are generally
totally out of focus, because the camera locked onto
the background for a moment. Something I think does
help is to use CF 17-1, to effectively "widen" the
focus spot.
It may well be true that the central focus spot on an
Elan II or 7 works better with slow lenses and low
contrast subjects, but the focus tracking ability of
the 3 is so much better that I'd never consider using
my IIe to shoot soccer. Maybe for birds moving
parallel to the film plane, that's not an issue.
=====
Bob Meyer
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
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