On 4/10/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed: >Christian's skimmer pictures worked as well as they did because the skimmer >loomed large in the frame, there weren't any other elements in the frame to >confuse the autofocus system and there was a lot of contrast between the >bird and the background. I believe that the Pentax system would have gotten >those shots too.
I agree about the skimmer. I disagree about all AF systems having the same problems. When I got a D60 a few years ago, it had trouble focussing in both low light levels and low contrast (even in good light). The 1D series has none of these issues. I shot dodgem cars going around at a fairground and in extremely low light, with laser beams flashing on and off above, at ISO 1600, I thought I would have no chance with the AF so I switched it off and went manual. It accidentally got knocked back on and astonishingly, it worked fine. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it. This is not to compare to Pentax. I would assume that *istDs and D100/20D AF would be fairly similar in ability. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
