On Oct 16, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: >>>> I shoot. So I'd like to have the option to turn shaft drive on and >>>> off. That way I can hear whether or not the lenses focuses. > >>> There used to be a 'focus confirmation beep', at least on the film >>> SLR's. Is it gone? > >> Oh, that is the first thing I turn off on every camera. I would >> rather >> miss the shot of a lifetime than have tolisten to beeps. > > So do I (it's more of a 'You just changed the batteries' beep to > me), but > it'd solve your problem...
Generally I find beeps and other artificial camera sounds distracting so I turn them off. However, if I need some way for the camera to inform me that it's locked focus when my eye is not at the viewfinder, or I cannot see the focus on screen or the indicator light, I turn on the focus confirmation beep. But this all seems so ridiculous. I mean, heck, if you're looking through the viewfinder and you can't see whether the image is in focus, why bother with an SLR? Are you that dependent upon auto focus systems? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
