Hi!
I have no idea why my last reponse posted to PDML three times. I only sent it once.
That thought occurred to me as well :).
I think I'd find it easier and more consistent to just switch the camera to manual focus in those instances rather than C-AF. I only use C-AF when I'm trying to do follow focus at the motor races or similar circumstances, that's why it's not much of a loss to me. When I'm working around autofocus ambiguities, manual focus does the job.
With my eyes and soft lens, manual focus is difficult. My friend made for me a single element soft lens that I still have. As a basis we chose cheap Russian lens.
Here is a short write up we produced:
http://boris.isra-shop.com/monocle.htm.
This lens is rather difficult to focus on modern AF bodies with my rather poor eye-sight, even with glasses. I really liked the idea of soft focus lens and so I eventually bought a gen-u-vine ;) optic. One of the main reasons was AF.
Then again, some of the 1/4 of the list population could say that gear of a certain company has full time manual focus override :).
.. I suppose we're trying to convence each other of the same thing we both accept. Your habits and style are best suited by Ds. Mine are in line with D. Neither is better or worse. Like I said, in my humble opinion, to my habits and style D appeals more, nothing more, nothing less.
Perhaps. But either camera would work equally well for me; the DS is simpler, smaller, faster and cheaper. I don't like to see judgments about one or the other being 'a better tool for photography' which are insubstantive. They are both very good tools, and very nearly equal in capability.
I meant to say that as a tool (set of features and abilities) D is better tool for me, for my photography. I've been struggling with MZ-6 quirks for a long time. Then I tried PZ-1 and MZ-S and saw what hyper modes are and what proper MLU gives at times...
But then again I received my D as a gift more or less.
I only hope that I expressed myself in a clear "user friendly" way :).
Certainly.
That's a relief, seriously.
Boris
