Shel,
I have the 5n and I am afraid that its auto focus is
one of the weakest points that I find on it.
I just want to prevent you from an issue that may make
you loss a photo-opportunity from time to time. When
you switch from an AF lens to a MF lens, you have to
remember to switch the AF-MF selector. This may seem
trivial, but in my case it isnt, mostly in when you
do it in a hurry.
This selector, when in AF, blocks the AF lens so you
cannot turn the focus ring, only the camera can. But
with a MF lens you can turn it always, so you tend to
think that you are on MF.
If you are in AF mode, you won't be able to fire the
shutter unless the camera 'thinks' that your target is
in focus (there is a focus assist led that illuminates
when supposedly in focus).
So you can find yourself pushing the button and the
camera dont shooting just because your focused target
is not in the middle of the frame, for exemple.
Of course, when the selector is set to MF, you can
shoot at anytime with any lens.
Just wanted to make sure that you know this.
Regards,
Jaume
--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
escribió:
> 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
>
>
>
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