Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:36 AM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >Let's just say your at a ball game (football, baseball, etc.) The runner is >off and headed in your direction at about 40 mph, with AF focus tracking I All I need is one picture of a guy running 40 mph and I'll make lots of money! :-) If you can find a 100-400 2.8 zoom AF lens out there, I'll grant you that baseball can be done well with AF. And I can't help wonder how great photos were taken in sporting events by zone focusing with a telephoto lens. I can tell you. 0 That's ZERO. Have you ever heard of follow focus? Good sports shooters follow athletes with their eyes. (And in fact, the best focus on the athlete's eyes). And in fact, I can tell you that even at sporting events, when the subject is in a crowd, AF can screw up as many pictures as it can save. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Perspective is in the eye of the beholder.