You can be sure it is true. In landscape mode, the center AF area is
sensitive only vertical lines, and the two outer AF areas are sensitive only
to vertical lines. Turn to portrait mode, and of course that turns to the
reciprocal.
Thanks,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Autofocus Question
> on 2/17/01 12:07 PM, Shel Belinkoff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> And in the ZX5N (besides not being
> >> able to choose the AF sensor), the
> >> outer AF brackets are only sensitive
> >> to horizontal lines so in the portrait
> >> position, they don't see the eyeball well.
> >
> > That's good to know. Since the MZ-3 is essentially a 5n, I
> > suppose the AF is the same for both cameras. I'd been thinking
> > about a '3, but will now wait to see what the MZ-S is like.
>
> Hi Shel,
>
> I'm not sure about this. I have an MZ-3 and it has a switch to toggle
> between wide area focus (3 points) and spot focus (centre sensor). I do
not
> know about MZ-5n as I do not have it but I suppose it would be the same.
> The area of the spot focus sensor is about the same as the spot metering
> area. In a typical head & shoulder situation, the spot focus area might
> cover both eyes, but for the stationary portraiture, you have no problem
in
> focusing dead on eyes. I never experienced tracking the eye area of
moving
> people.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
>
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