Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert G. Stevens wrote: > Pascal: > > Electronic focus will not help much for dim light because the sensors > are less sensitive than your eyes unless they use an auxillary > illuminator that projects a pattern on the subject which helps with > focus. I can focus my R8 where my EOS 1n will not if I am not using a > flash with the EOS. Indeed, the eye can focus a camera at lower EV than any AF camera. Also, it seems that *focus confirmation* has the most incredible error margin, rendering it useless in critical situations, whereas in non-critical situations it's not needed anyway. In other words, there seems to be a good reason why Leica is not in a rush with this feature. Bernard