> The point of all my campaigning in these threads has been that a/f, as far
> as it has gone, still needs more thought by the designers, to make it a
> better tool in the hands of the photographer. It should be quick, silent,
> easy to select the desired focus plane, and it should work in as wide a
> range of lighting and lens speed conditions as possible. A/f, even more
> than a/e should be really as transparent as possible to the photographer,
> whereas exposure control needs to be more within the photographer's
> consciousness. To be sure, the switching between automatic and
> semi-automatic exposure control, including the ease of making minor
> adjustments to shutter and aperture settings, can also be improved, and
one
> hopes that these will progress before the film SLR becomes a museum piece,
> but at least one could hope that Canon will reverse this backward
evolution
> in autofocus that they introduced in going from the Elan II to the Elan 7
> (in spite of all the really excellent improvements they put into that
> camera).
> Gerry Palo
> Denver, Colorado
Gerry, it sounds like you're ready for the 1V. Personally although I'd
love to have one - since I don't shoot motorsports, soccer, etc, my old 10
does just fine for me. And, like I've said, I much prefer to have it on
manual focus most of the time, and use only the center focus point when I do
use AF.
It might sound strange, but if I had a 1V, very likely I would be using
the same way I use the 10, and very likely my shots would look exactly the
same as they do now. If you need the best autofocus camera on the planet,
you will just have to save up and get one.
You know those used EOS 1 cameras sitting on the dealer's shelf for a
little more than the price of a new 7/30 are looking like my ideal camera.
It's got a spot meter, right, and mirror lockup, and interchangeable
finders, and.... built like a tank to boot.
Jim Davis
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