My only expereince in lowish light with the istD is with my 28-105 f 4-5.6.
It seems to be fine,for what i have tested on sofar.Even the Sigma 100-300 DL
f5.6-6.3
focused well
Sunday in extremly dull and flat contrast conditions.The print showed
that,however snow
lacked all
detail in the print,the subjects were fine.
However dont forget AF does not like certain items to try and focus on(Geeez,
look what
group i'm
saying this to.LOL).
Go ahead and laugh,cause i know you will,but my PZ-1 and my istD lock on
quicker then my
D1 and
sometimes my D2H. With the Nikons it tends to "back focus" first then lock
on.(the D1 more
than the
other)Not all the time but often enough to be a real pain. I often find my self
having to
focus,lower the
unit, focus, then raise it back up to the subject then focus again then it looks
good.Althewill getting the
green "infocus" light in the finder.
1D-MkII users start you laughing now.:-)
Dave Brooks
> I'd be surprised if a faster lens doesn't
help low
light autofocus performance. However, I
have no data to back that up. Although I rarely use autofocus lenses, I'd be
interested in
any real test results.
>
>
> > I was afraid of that. Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:34:49 -0700, Joseph Tainter
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Poor autofocus performance in low light is a characteristic of the *ist
> > > D. A faster lens will not help. In low light with my FA 50 f1.7 on the
> > > D, autofocus is slow to impossible.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > >
> >
>
