That's unacceptable to me. Anyway, I'll soon learn it's abilities and limitations. Right now it seems fairly limited. Thanks.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Igor Roshchin > Having said that, I've been rather happy with the autofocus of ZX-5n. > It worked fine with the aforementioned Tokina lens, as well as with the > 50/1.7 and Tokina 17-35 (non ATX-PRO) lenses. > It was hunting, and occasionally missing in a low light situation > with my Tamron 70-300 f/4.0-5.6. > Usually, when it was missing, - it seemed it was going through the > right point too fast. In that situation, I would try to bring > it to the focus setting that is close to the right one, but at a somewhat > closer distance, and then start focusing. (this could be done by variety of > ways - from manual, to focusing on a better lit object first that is > nearby). > Well, I believe, both, the body and the lens were responsible for that. > > > By now, I've had my new *istDS only for just about a month, and so far, > the focusing ability of it seems to be comparable to that of ZX-5n. > Sometimes I am even thinking that ZX-5n was just a bit better in > this regards.
