Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01

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Subject: [Leica] Embarassing moments Leicas preserve us from
From: Malcolm McCullough <MM4@mm-croy.mottmac.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 19:11:00 +0100

>> >My brains autofocus is much better than any cameras autofocus I've every
>> >used...since my brain knows exactly what it is I am trying to focus
>> >on...and the camera can only guess.
>>
>> actually, some of the canon AF cameras focus wherever you're looking in
>> the viewfinder by measuring the shape of your eyeball.
>
>Yes, but how does it know that what I am looking at is what I want in focus?

especially if the pictures could end up being used as evidence in a divorce 
case.

"No, dear heart of mine, I was admiring her / his face. The autofocus must 
have been faulty. Honest"