Hi Shel -
AF works best in bright light and contrasty situations, but other factors
come into play. Lens speed is one - in dim conditions a faster lens will
focus better than a slow one, since, obviously, more light is reaching the
sensor.
I'm not up to spec on the 5n - some af sensors are sensitive to only
horizontal or vertical lines. In Popular Photography they recommend
rotating the camera 45 degrees if AF was hunting, and that does seem to work
well.
HTH-
MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:52 PM
Subject: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera
This weekend I'm scheduled to pick up a ZX (or is it MZ?) 5n. A list
participant kindly offered to loan it to me in order to use the auto
bracketing feature, which may be helpful in a project here. I'm also
expecting an auto focus lens to be delivered some time soon (which is just
a coincidence).
So, here's the question: Does auto focus need some contrasty item on which
to focus. If, for example there were two solid colored objects one behind
the other, and I wanted to focus on just one of them, say the closer of
the
two, would the focus work properly? I'd like to try out the lens while
the
camera is still available to me.
Shel
