I think it is perhaps a question of how well a camera's af/metering system can "identify" and "understand" what is in an image - IIRC Nikon advertised the F5 as having a database of 30.000 typical light distributions for common image situations which would let it choose both focus point and metering priority. I have never read a single word in any Pentax publication how they do their metering and auto af point selections. Now, back to Kumbayah =)
2010/1/10 Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca>: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I find the Auto-AF point to be one of the worst features I've ever >> experienced. Whenever I'm having severe AF problems I check and sure >> enough, the switch got bumped from center to auto select. I alway use >> center point, focus, then recompose. >> >> I don't know how the camera can possibly determine where I want focus >> and experience shows it cannot. >> > > Auto-select can be a very good feature. It works extremely well on > high-end Nikon's and Canon's and is surprisingly good on the Panasonic > m43 cameras. It tends to suck on low-point count AF units, > particularly with Pentax. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
