Sorry for jumping back late, was away for the weekend. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1) The AF assist beam was probably disabled, likely > because it was annoying.
Of course, in a snap of the finger. ;-) > 2) The AF sensor was not placed over an area with > sufficient contrast (e.g. eyelid, eyebrows, lips) Well, the eyes weren't so big, but it did cover the entire box of the sensor in the viewfinder. Maybe the lighting was the main culprit, being warmish tungsten, thus reducing contrast further. > 3) AF performance on my EOS cameras seems to improve > when I holding the camera still for a second before > actually activating Autofocus. It also improves if I manually prefocus close to the actual point, then only activate AF. The one second part in your suggestion will work well for still subjects. Last night, I gave Elan7's AF a test with the same 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 lens. Going down to 2" @ f/4.5 ISO100 the AF still works, but exhibited inconsistency. Prefocus helps a lot, otherwise, the lens just hunts back and forth. Of course, this is without any AF assist, and only the center sensor was used. The subject is the legs of a table, shaded fro light, partial-metering was used. Well, the subject is very different from what I actually shoot, except when they're sleeping, maybe. ;-) Thanks. BlueSky * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
