On Oct 16, 2007, at 13:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > 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? >
When I was on a trip to China a couple years ago, I was shooting so many photos from so many different angles all of the time (trying my best to fulfill the expectations of my behavior as a tourist, I guess) I turned on the AF beep for one reason only: Not to know that I was in focus, but a way for me to know that the camera was done trying to focus. That way it was easier for me to use the camera AWAY FROM MY FACE (over my head, under a tree branch, all kinds of goofy stuff) and know that it had locked (or given up trying to) focus and was ready for me to switch from a half-squeeze to a full- squeeze and take the shot. That's the only time I've used and liked the beeping. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
