I change the autofocus spot manually in respect to what I'm shooting.
If I'm shooting people on the street, for example, I'll shoot in
vertical mode and choose a spot toward the top of frame. With practice,
one can become rather adept at moving the spot around frame with the
little joystick device. It allows more accuracy than does using the
center spot and reframing, because when you reframe the distance from
the sensor to the subject changes a bit.
Paul
On Feb 23, 2006, at 2:55 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 22 Feb 2006 at 22:43, Gautam Sarup wrote:
On 2/21/06, John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And I find 45 focus points laughable: the CPU must spend a huge
amount of
time analysing the optimum focus distance from all those inputs!
I may be missing something there though and I'd be happy for someone
to
explain the benefits to me...
Actually, I'd be curious to know how many use more than one spot.
I find it easier to focus using the center AF spot, recompose and
shoot
than to fiddle with a switch and a knob to change the focus point,
then
press the shutter etc. or let the camera pick a spot.
Me too, not that I use AF much but about the only times I've bothered
to set
the AF spot to other than the centre spot was when shooting
motor-sports with a
long lens.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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