I would think you'd be able to manually focus a swimmer with a 50mm. It's not like they're greyhounds, and you're probably not shooting them head-on, are you?
If you MF shots are out of focus, you may need a little practice, no offense. tv > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MZ-S AF accuracy and the Dutch > > > Steve, > > Swimming meets are the worst... > The light is bad. The contrast is low. And the water > surface is impossible to focus on. I had lots of trouble > using the PZ-1 at meets. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > Let me mention a situation where I did have AF problems > with the MZ-S. > > Last night I was taking pictures of a swim meet. The > pool area was dim > > enough that I had to use my 50 at f1.4 to get 1/60 > exposure time. (No > > flashes allowed) There were a few shots when the camera > would not fire > > the shutter, since I had it on the AF-C setting. I > figured that there > > was no point in switching to AF-S since the shutter would > fire but the > > shot would be out of focus. I tried MF but I suspect > that I'm going to > > get out-of-focus shots. I realize that this is a terrible > > condition for > > AF. Any suggestions for the future? >
