Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have an AF EOS 1N and generally use it set to manual focus simply for that reason.... In AF mode you get what the camera picks too often to trust it... I'm just about ready to get rid of the Canon gear altogether and just get another M6 body and a couple more lens! :) sandy www.sandycarterphotography.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:00 PM Subject: [Leica] RE: No more leicas > At 09:02 PM 5/31/01 +0200, Félix López de Maturana wrote: > > > >I did with a R8 just a weekend and went back to my EOS. I'm not kidding at > >all and *some* of us, even owning a Leica, do prefer to have such devices > >as AF, spot metering and autobracketing in a SLR and I hope we deserve > >respect. > > > >Félix > > > Last time I checked, the German made R8's have spot metering and > autobracketing. > > Did they change this with the Portuguese R8's ? ;) > > And the last time I tried autofocus on a bird jumping around in the bushes, > I got sharp pictures of bushes and a blurry bird. The human AF computer is > still better than the camera AF computer. > > Jim > >