From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The reason you buy an AF body is because that is the only way they make DSLR's or 35mm SLRs or 645s.
Of course, why not leave the camera in P mode instead of controlling it. You bought it with that feature, why not use it?
OK, that's fair based upon my wording, but it's not exactly what I meant. It's not the reason I bought my PZ-1p. I bought it specifically because it was AF. I find autofocus wonderful. Not every shot I take is a work of art, or thought out to the nth degree. Autofocus usually works fine for that. With other shots, particularly macro, AF is off. My typical technique with an AF camera is to focus on the closest object I wish to be focus and ensure I have adequate DOF for those remaining farther away elements I wish to be in focus, keping the shutter button half-way depressed while I adjust the composition.
How often have you actually got that quick 1-chance shot that was a real great shot? Seems that making all the other planned shots suffer for it a bit odd.
I'm not sure they do suffer.
If you were walking around with a 67 or 4X5, you are not going to try to get those type of shots (I question how good they are going to be anyway), so why not just apply the same thought process to what you already have? On top of that, the satisfaction of creating your shot is much greater than the feeling of being "lucky" to run into a shot that your camera did all the work for.
Granted, and I could apply that same thought process using what I have in hand. Sometimes I do. Geez, why are treating me like a total neophyte all of the sudden?
Tom C.
