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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of F. Craig
> Callahan
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 4:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EOS Decided against an Elan 7e - a/f assist light
>
>
> In a darkened hallway where the recommended exposure was 1.5 sec
> @ f/4.5, or
> about EV 4, I was able to AF on objects in a dark corner without too much
> difficulty. Ok, so it's not night and it's not EV 0, and the
> focusing wasn't as
> instantaneous as it would be in better light, but it was faster
> than I could
> have done it manually. There was some hunting perhaps, but
> there's hunting and
> then there's hunting, if you get my drift. This was with the
> slowest lens I own,
> a 28-105/3.5~4.5, at 105 mm.
>
> In other words, it seems odd to me that an EOS 30/Elan 7 with a Canon lens
> mounted would have any difficulty focusing in a store with
> average lighting,
> even with the AF assist turned off. As for not being able to
> completely disable
> AF assist when in the "Basic Zone," well, it is the "Basic Zone,"
> after all.
Well, it sure did. It was the 28-80 (I think) standard kit lens and in a
well lighted Circuit City store. Now, I didn't try turning it off to see
whether it would focus anyway. But the experience was enough to turn me
away. I am not sure whether the lens was the f/3.5 or f/4, but I am afraid
of what will happen if I have the 28-105 zoomed out at all, especially
towards f/4.5 or worse, the 28-145 IS which, I understands, starts to stop
down sooner.
But maybe I should try another camera. Still, others have experienced the
same thing.
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