Now that I'm with the over fifty crowd, with the accompanying declining
eyesight, the AF on my ZX-5n has been a Godsend. In sports and other action
photography my ZX-5n's AF has been much easier to use than MF in tracking
the action.
DG
At 11:36 AM 2/20/01 -0600, you wrote:
>When I'm on a job (something that happens less now than it used to) I prefer
>to shoot with my PZ-1p and use autofocus. When things are moving fast, the
>PZ-1p's AF gets more good pictures than I can get without it. When I'm
>shooting just for me, I like to do things at a much more leisurely pace and
>manual focus, yes even a TLR, can be fun. For just walking around, I still
>like my AF Contax G2 but I find myself using my Super Program a lot, too,
>probably because I have a larger array of lenses to choose from.
>
>So, let me recap. Working, I use AF. Fun, I use MF and AF about equally,
>maybe a tad more MF.
>
>Len
>---
>
>
>
> > I almost hate to open up this can of
> > worms again. But over the weekend my
> > wife commented on how I almost never use
> > my ZX-5n. She made me realize that in
> > the last year my use of auto focus has
> > declined sharply. As many of you
> > eagerly await the MZ-S I find myself
> > debating the purchase of more screwmount
> > equipment or slowly growing my small
> > Contax collection. As we all know this
> > list is populated many who prefer MF but
> > do any of you who own both AF and MF
> > systems find yourself using one far more
> > than the other. For me the choice to
> > use MF wasn't necessarily a conscious
> > one however there are a few key factors.
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