Paul Stenquist wrote:

> No autofocus system can read your mind. It's not possible to design a
system that cold choose from >among various objects at various distances.

Canon tried with the Elan 7E eye control system. It's designed to detect
what part of the frame your eye is looking at and focus on that spot. I've
heard that it doesn't work very well (and hardly at all with eyeglass
wearers) but I haven't tried it myself.

> Unless, of course, the maker programs rules of composition,
>which would be very annoying and limiting. That's why there's a selective
focus mode and a joystick to >move the sensor. Although good old-fashioned
manual focus is frequently the best answer in these >situations.

I'd rather focus manually than fiddle around telling the camera which sensor
it should use.

Tom Reese


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