Trieu, Thank you for your input. I enjoyed looking at your wedding images. You do a nice job. Cheers Wilber ----- Original Message ----- From: Trieu, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:13 PM Subject: RE: EOS Focus Speed
> Hi Wilber, > > >From my own experience, the focus speed is largely dependent on the len's > autofocus motor drive built into the actual lens. I have a EOS 1v and a EOS > 30 (Elan 7?) both which focus extremely fast with my collection of various > lens. > > I have tested this roughly with two bodys on my 70-200mm F4L lens and > 28-70mm F2.8L. Both of the bodies focus as fast as each other. > > As for studio use, I fully recommend buying the Contax 645 MF. It handles > like a 35mm SLR. Its AE Meter is accurate when needed, though its autofocus > speed is no where near the Canon. If picture quality is what you want then > the Contax will be your solution. I have some photos i uploaded to > www.photoisland.com. If you would like to view them go to the web page and > then log in with: > > user name: ethanau > Password: weddingexampl > > Those photos are scanned with a Canon 2400U scanner at 600dpi. It gives you > an idea how smooth the backgrounds can be and shows what the camera is > capable of. I mainly use it on location when doing weddings. I am confident > the camera will perform just as good in a studio. > > Cheers, > > Ethan > > > General Question: Can anyone compare for me the focus speed of the > EOS 1v with that of the EOS 3. I'm thinking of using an auto focus > set up for photographing children in a studio setting. I find the EOS 3 > works really well with this on location (outdoor sessions), but would > need to test for the indoor work. The old thing that is a concern is the > size of enlargements that I could go to with the 35mm neg. I was able > to do some 16x20 enlargements for the outdoor work and was really > very pleased with the results (Portra 400 and the 28-70 f2.8 glass). Not > quite the results of the Hasselblad, but very close. The other side of that > being that I could never have gotten the spontanious images with the Hassie > that I was able to get with the Canon. Any thoughts in this area are > needed. We are thinking about the Contax 6/4.5 for the studio sessions > as to the larger size of the negative and the speed of the AF. > Cheers Wilber Jeffcoat > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
