Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I've tried to follow this discussion regarding millisecond delays between AF >>camera, manual R7's and Range finder's and for the life of me I can't put >>milliseconds into actual capturing of the image. > > >Ted & Harrison, > >Have you ever used an AF SLR? I don't think you realize how long the >delay is. I'm not talking non-AF SLR vs. rangefinder. I'm talking manual >focus versus some of the slower AF cameras, where you push the button, >wait for the camera to focus, then it takes the picture when it's ready. > >With a manual focus camera, yes, you follow focus and you anticipate the >moment you want. That is the whole point of what John Lowther was saying. >This is good. Focusing all at once just before taking the picture is bad, >but this is the only option some AF cameras give you. > >- Paul Paul, Yes I currently use the Canon EOS system and I must tell you it focuses faster than I ever could and I used to shoot pro sports for the national media. The AF cameras you are speaking of are what I refered to as the amature cameras in my response. I'll admit those things are annoying as **** and I try to avoid using them as they make my blood pressure go up. I used to use Leica R-6es and I notice no difference in the responsiveness of the R6 and the EOS 1. Of course I still manually focus most action eventhough this system probably does as good as I do. I just don't trust those electronic things, like I still use full manual eventhough I have several auto modes avaliable, if the picture is screwed up I want to know it was my fault not the camera's! Harrison McClary hmphoto@delphi.com http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto