on 30.06.04 22:52, Jens Bladt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > www.dpreview.com states as qouted below, that the AF is rather slow, you > must push down the biult-in flash maunally (AF assist) before takeing the > picture, if yoy don't want ti use flash light, and that the AF assist light > may require more than one attempt before focus lock is achieved. > Is this really the case? If so, not very flattering, is it? AF in *istD is slow below certain light level. Mostly due to its smaller AF sensors size - they are about 2x smaller than the ones in MZ-S and catch less light. When compared to MZ-S with identical lens, MZ-S is about 2x faster in low light. The only solution would be to double AF sensors - one set for low light and the other for higher light levels - exactly as it is made in Nikon F100 known quite well for its good AF speed in low light. But in good light I feel that *istD AF catches much more easily than any older Pentax AF camera on almost everything, probably thanks to cross type sensors sensitive to both - horizontal and vertical lines. Another plus for the newest Safox in *istD is that it doesn't suffer from infinity bug found in MZ-S - when you focus fast lenses in infinity it really sets infinity in lens, not "almost" infinity like MZ-S does (I tested and confirmed it with FA 35/2, FA 50/1.7 and FA 100/2.8).
-- Best Regards Sylwek
