Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was using a Contax N1 at the weekend and was really pleased with the dual AF/MF capability. There were instances where I just couldn't get the thing to focus on what I wanted. One shot was of a fairground attraction that was moving at speed and I wanted to focus on one particular aspect of it. The AF was certainly focussing but just never seemed to get the spot that I wanted, even in continuous AF, so I went to the manual focus and got it spot on. I just couldn't be sure that the AF was going to give me the picture I wanted, and the hunting was certainly not helping matters. After a few years with an F5 I am beginning to see the advantages of MF that can outweigh the conveniences of AF. If AF appeals but the ability to switch immediately to MF, or use MF always, is a consideration, then the N1 hits the spot. No switches or buttons on lenses to fiddle with, just turn the ring and focus manually. Not as bright a finder as an R8, but a great camera to use. Simon Douglas Herr wrote: > > Suppose you wanted to focus on the iris, not the eyelashes. It will take > you much longer than a half-second to make the correction. > > Seriously, try a Leica APO lens with a killer viewfinder like the R8 or SL > has. A half-second?? I don't have the patience for that. Warblers jinking > around in bushes, head-and-shoulders portraits of horses at full gallop, > birds in flight... not a problem. Try it. > > ------Original Message------ > From: Pete Su <psu_13@yahoo.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: May 31, 2001 2:12:08 PM GMT > Subject: RE: [Leica] No more leicas > > >>> > it's hard to imagine anyone focusing faster than a modern 35mm AF camera, > especially with > medium to long lenses. A Nikon F100 will focus a 100mm f2 lens in low light > on > someone's eyelashes in much less than half a second. > <<<