I have recently conducted some "autofocus error" tests with my MZ-5n, in the
spirit of Herbert Keppler's piece on this subject. Perhaps not
surprisingly, the errors can be appreciable. It is clear that for maximum
sharpness, especially at close distances and wide apertures, manual
focussing should be used. On the positive side, I found that the viewfinder
on the MZ-5n is just as good for manual focussing as those on the older
manual focus cameras. Therefore, it gives the advantage of autofocus where
speed is important, but does not prevent accurate manual focussing.
I have written up my comments in more detail at
http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/focussing.htm, if you are interested.
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