> I then bought the EOS-3 for it's overall capability but not the "improved" > 45 point ECF, tried ECF a couple of times and still hated it..........., so
For me it worked fine. I loved it. And it was really the only way to use the 45 points! I can not believe that the people who bought 1V or 3 would just use the middle point or *gasp* automatic selection - but that's what they did. ECF really was the only way to use those points. And I loved using the points in the corners - I just wish they would have been even further away :-) The 5D for example, still doesn't have as useable coverage in the corners. > again I don't use it, in fact I lost a few shots over the years because the > ECF switch accidentally got bumped to ON position, and me and the camera > unknowingly were fighting each other for focus control! Huh, that has never happened to me. It's even quite hard to turn (compared to any other similar switch on EOS) - maybe you had it loosened somehow... > Happily this "feature" is not on the 1D Mk2 I use now, if it were there, I > would have taped it or glued it permanently to the off position. Anyways, the user interfaces are changing, I do not think that it would have been selected the same way (although I preferred the EOS-3 way to hiding it in the menus. Besides, the cameras always have lot's of features that you do not need... ******************************************** Well, different strokes for different folks, you like ECF, I hate ECF, we are both right for our own reasons, nothing wrong with that, the type of stuff I shoot are extremely fast pace, race cars, fast jets etc., I cannot manage framing, tracking, and skew the point of where I am looking all at the same time to focus on the corner of the subject when the action is happening at a blazing fast pace, as such I can live with my decision not to use the ECF. No I did not loosen the ECF switch! Why would I do that when I don't even want to use it? If anything I would have had it tightened(only if I knew how!). "EOS-3 menus", it's been almost 3 years now since I bought the 1D Mk2 and have not touched the EOS-3 once, what "menus" in the EOS-3 are you referring to? I can't recall any user menus for the EOS-3......... Ken * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
