I found that "pre-focus" was the one purely AF skill that I had to practice, and, as mentioned, there is not appreciable shutter lag once you get used to that. I also tried an approach similar to the one Cotty mentioned of using the "AF-C" setting on the MZ-S (I kow it's not digtial but the pricnipe is the same) wchich will fire the even if the camera doesn't belive the subject is in focus. I could never perfect this, however, so now I just switch to manual fro a carefully timed release. The funniest part about the E-10 is that is doesn't have moving mirror, so I have to set the sound to go "click" so I know I actually tripped the shutter. I has tried the "quiet" mode but I kept getting fooled.
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