> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:50:48 -0700
> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: istDS Flash Question
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>
> > I also hadn't paid any attention to that function as I thought that
> > AF-MF
> > switch is already their.
> > Today, I realized when this can be helful (to me at least).
> > Sometimes, AF of Tamron 70-300/4-5.6 in low light
> > with the focal length close to 300, tends to hunt and miss if
> > the original focus position was faraway from the target.
> > What works for me is to "preset" it manually to the right range,
> > so that it AF quickly and more reliably.
> > In this case the functionality of the "OK" button can help.
>
> Interesting. When the light gets down to the point where the AF hunts
> too much, I just switch to MF and do the focusing myself. Different
> way of working, I guess.
>
> Godfrey
>
Yes, very often I do the same, - I do the focusing myself.
I was referring to the situations when I still would need to catch the
moment, and either the subject (person) would be moving a lot, or
even more likely, - there would be several people near each other,
and I would be trying to catch an interesting moment (gesture,
face expression, body position..) from one of them.
A good example of such situation is a stage performance.
If there is only one person, I would switch to MF, focus, and would just
wait for the right moment with my left hand on the focusing ring.
Igor
