Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:52 PM 10-12-96 -0500, Jay and Bob wrote: >In a message dated 96-12-07 23:58:25 EST, you write: > ><< I can't fault Leica for being conservative in the matter of putting out AF > reflex lenses. If precision is the name of the game we play, then manual > lenses can't be equalled in that class. > > Bob Rosen >> > > >Bob: > >I agree with your conclusions. > >I was intrigued by an article by Herbert Keppler in Pop Photo about six >months ago where he reported on a study comparing manual focusing and AF. In >all cases, manual focusing won out. [snip] >It causes me to come to several conclusions: (1) >Manual focus is going to be the best system in all cases except (a) if you >have poor eyesight, (b) you are doing fast action [though this is not always >going to be the case], (c) you like to have the latest gadgets, (d) you are >lazy or (e) some combination of all of the above. [snip] Don't get me wrong, I admire Leica very much, but anyone who says that autofocus cameras can't focus as well as MF cameras has obviously never used an autofocus camera. My primitive Minolta 9000 (a first generation AF camera) will equal or better the focusing accuracy of a MF leica in all but dim lighting conditions. I have used that camera enough to prove to me that my eye can never out perform its electronics. It sometimes has trouble locking in, but when it does, it is dead on. Dan C.