--- Rob Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > properly with was my Rebel 2000 (film). It wouldn't > focus properly with > my Elan 7e or 7ne which were bought a few years > later. The lens went
For some reason this lens gets a very bad rap most of the time, esp. from DSLR users. I have this lens and use it without any problems. Perhaps in low light/contrast it will not be able to, unassisted, pass enough light through for the body to be able to determine focus. But that is to be expected, a characteristic of this lens - it is not a "wide open" lens - that fact is well established before one buys it. So then what does "would not focus properly" mean ? Not attain Focus Lock/Hunt ? Or does it mean it focus lock is achieved even without the subject being in focus ? I thought it was the camera body that decides what the correct focus is - not the lens (the lens is just moved back and forth until focus is determined to be achieved by the body's algorithm). As long as there is enough light getting to the sensor in the body (behind the lens, but not in it), focus should be achieveable . If not, the body/algorithm is at fault, certainly not the lens. Keep in mind many bodies will take the shot even without focus lock, such as during predictive focus or Servo mode etc. Just curious about how much is established fact and how much is opinion really about this lens ... - Harman ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
