Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> NO, NO, NO! What the article was is a comparison of manual focusing SLRs > vs. autofocus SLRs. Lenses made for manual focusing produced sharper > images than their equivalent AF lenses. Even focusing the AF lens manual > did not do better. Why? As I remember, AF produced the best possible > guess at a focus, while manual focusing lenses were easier to have dead on > thereby producing better results. More than that I don't remember, but I > will review the article and let LUGs know the month of the issue if they > would be interested. Don't know the Canon AF, as I haven't used the Canon since my Pellix, but the Nikon AF lenses have less rotation in the AF focus rings than in the MF focus rings. The MF gives a bit more room for user error when focussing. I do manually focus my AF Nikkors from time to time, and can focus accurately with them. Tim