I'd guess I use the central AF point for less than half of my shots. The wider choice of AF points was one of the features I most liked when moving from the MZ-S to the *ist-D (just as it was one of the features that tempted me to move to the MZ-S from the PZ-1p).
I believe the selected AF point is retained (at least when the AF mode is switched during a session), so you can very quickly switch between the central AF point and a different one by moving the AF selector on the back, although I've never found it difficult to do using the four-way controller. On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 07:09:21PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I'll have to try that, although it seems like a lot of work, and I'm so > used to focusing by eye ... maybe a little experiment is in order. Anyway, > I've never felt the need to vary the focus point. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > Don't you feel any need to vary your autofocus point? I use the > > selective autofocus and move the point to where I want it. For example, > > when shooting street photography and anticipating verticals, I move it > > to the far right center area, so it will correspond to eye position > > when shooting verticals. >
