steve harley wrote:
as an example of this going the other way i note your later message that
focus is your next most important factor after ISO/d-range, but you don't
elaborate ... in my case i have almost abandoned autofocus -- not just
macro work but most of my shooting now relies on manual focus, and on
improving my manual focus technique; so i would agree that focus is very
important to me, but i think EVF aids that work well with manual focus are
probably the focus-related improvement i would most relish
With my subjects often moving quickly in dim light, an excellent autofocus
would help a lot. I'm hesitant in defining the Pentax autofocus as being
excellent, but the K-5 is not so bad at it, also without the AF beam (which
I cannot use for the same reason I cannot use the flash in my shots: not
disturbing the performers and not disturbing the public).
Those two pics in very poor light:
www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23830x.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23850x.jpg
were shot by using AF. For 23830, I focused on the relatively bright 'blade
of light' on the ground, while for 23850 I tried again and again (I had a
few seconds to do that) until one of the AF sensors was able to hook on.
I'm also intrigued by a reliable new way for assisting manual focus (such as
high-magnification EVF and such), but that won't help with moving subjects.
An AF system as quick and precise as possible is what I need.
Cheers,
Dario
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