Upon taking a bunch of rather soft shots, I've just been testing my ist D's
AF. It seems that with the Sigma EX 28-70 2.8 (which I've not had any AF
problems with my 5n), even though the camera says something is focus (using
single point/ spot AF), the camera consistently misses the focus (tested
Just use the same lenses to test another *istD in the shop and see.
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Upon taking a bunch of rather soft shots, I've just been testing my ist D's
AF. It seems that with the Sigma EX 28-70 2.8 (which I've not had any AF
problems with my 5n), even though the
,
Ryan
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From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: RE: my ist D AF problem
Just use the same lenses to test another *istD in the shop and see.
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Upon taking a bunch
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Sent: 03 September 2004 13:45
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Subject: Re: my ist D AF problem
lol! I forgot I had a spare ist D lying around the house. I
just did a quick test, and it appears that I don't have to
send my ist D back (damn! Because the ist D is still
This one time, at band camp, Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would be well worth testing on a film body too. It might just be the AF
system in the *istD which is often said to have such focussing
innacuracies with fast lenses (like the FA 50 1.4 for example). There
might be nothing
September 2004 13:54
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my ist D AF problem
This one time, at band camp, Rob Brigham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would be well worth testing on a film body too. It might
just be the
AF system in the *istD which is often said to have such focussing
Ryan posted:
lol! I forgot I had a spare ist D lying around the house. ...
Now THAT remark is truly obnoxious!
:-D
ERN
I believe it was due to the fact that as the lens approach infinity
(especially for non-tele lenses), the subject and the amount of lens travel
are so small the system is unable to differentiate the difference. Just try
to manual focus and notice how the AF indicator behaves. The acceptable
shot
of the text is very disappointing, not registering clean edges..
Regards,
Ryan
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From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: my ist D AF problem
This one time, at band camp, Rob Brigham [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:46 PM
Subject: RE: my ist D AF problem
Would be well worth testing on a film body too. It might just be the AF
system in the *istD which is often said to have such focussing
innacuracies with fast lenses (like the FA 50 1.4 for example). There
might
ist D AF problem
This one time, at band camp, Rob Brigham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would be well worth testing on a film body too. It might
just be the
AF system in the *istD which is often said to have such focussing
innacuracies with fast lenses (like the FA 50 1.4 for
example
, 2004 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: my ist D AF problem
Ryan posted:
lol! I forgot I had a spare ist D lying around the house. ...
Now THAT remark is truly obnoxious!
:-D
ERN
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From: Ryan Lee[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03/09/04 12:01:09
To: PDML[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: my ist D AF problem
Upon taking a bunch of rather soft shots, I've just been testing my ist D's
AF. It seems that with the Sigma EX 28-70 2.8 (which I've not had any AF
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