Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Mike ...
Have you read all the crap that one must consider and go through to get the
5n to work while using auto focus. Suggestions included holding the camera
at an angle, focusing on something else in a similar location, using faster
lenses because of lighting conditions quickly come to mind. With all the
MF cameras I've used, I point, I focus, I snap the shutter. I've not had
to adapt my shooting style or technique to the camera. The camera responds
as I desire, when I desire. There's a more seamless integration of
photographer and camera.
Shel --
I'm not Mike, of course ... But, I must say, I used a -5n for a few
years. It was my favourite camera to reach for and use for most of that
time. And I have to tell you, that paragraph above sure doesn't sound in
any way familiar WRT my experience with the -5n! I just don't remember
going through a lot to get the thing to work. Some situations would make
it obvious to me, very quickly, that AF wasn't going to happen and I'd
switch to manual, but that process is faster in practice than it sounds
in discussing it. (And, when focussing manually, the same sometimes
happens to me -- I mean, with a manual focus camera be it SLR or
rangefinder -- that sometimes I realize that it's hard for me to see
quickly if my subject is in focus, and I try another technique. Does
this never happen to you? I understand that everybody's eyesight is
different, so I can't assume it does ... )
Anyway my point is, to me, using a ZX-5n wasn't the major nuisance that
you are getting the impression it is; I suggest you reserve further
judgement (or worry, if applicable) until you've had a chance to try one
personally since in this, as in so many interface issues, YMMV from the
next person's.
Now, your comments do fit my experience in trying to get AF to work on
the *istD ... But not the ZX-5n nor the PZ-1.
ERNR
