In a message dated 2/10/2003 9:48:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On a side note, a lot of these guys couldn't live without the latest > auto-focus. A friend of mine who normally shoots F5's, bought a D1x > over the 14n almost entirely due to the AF superiority of the D1x. He > thinks I'm a freak since I manually focus about 90% of my shots. > > Sorry for rambling, but I've been thinking about digital a > lot lately. > > tv I am taking my second photography class. First assignment was B&W and picking out our best photo for an 8x10 blowup. I mainly shot trees in fog and blew up a tree silhouetted against the sky. The teacher last week praised its sharpness -- he admires things like sharpness, says it reflects good craftsmanship (craftswomanship) on the photographer's part. I found that highly ironic -- since switching to the ZX-5n I've been using auto-focus (everything else on manual) because I've decided I am now nearsighted enough that its better than my manual focus (except when doing macro). Anyway, I didn't tell him, why not accept the praise? Hehehehe. Which brings me to a question. Been using the 28-70 FA mainly (very nice lens, quite happy with it), and also a Tokina AF 70-210 (what I want to do someday is get my hands on the Pentax 70-210 F). Both have to hunt sometimes for focus, especially the Tokina, especially when I am shooting long distance shots where it might not be as clear to the camera what I am focusing on. To avoid the constant zooming in and out as the Tokina (and sometimes the Pentax) tries to focus, what I have been doing is focusing on one point, getting the auto-focus to sort of "lock" on it, and then switching the switch to manual focus so it won't keep working. Then taking my shot. The memory lock seems to really only be for aperture setting, etc. Anyway, is there a better way to do this, or am I doing it "right?" TIA, Doe aka Marnie ;-)
