Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Go for the Contax N1. Autofocus on a button right under your thumb. Want to change to manual focus? Just turn the lens focus ring and do it. And you get to use Zeiss glass, which isn't so bad ;-) The N1 really is the most intuitive and easy to use camera I have ever used, and I have used the EOS 1N and Nikon F5. Simon Dan Honemann wrote: > > Yep, and you can manually touch up focus at any time without having to flip > a switch (with the USM lenses, which is the vast majority of them). And the > focus ring turns in the same direction. > > All of which has me wanting a 1v. I understand that with one of Stephen > Gandy's adapters, you can mount R lenses on an EOS body and, though it means > resorting to stop down metering, you retain auto-exposure in Av and P > modes--not bad! > > Dan (dreaming of a 100 apo on a 1v) > > > This is made possible by what I consider Canon's greatest innovation: > > Custom Function Four. Other makes of camera require you to focus, hold > > pressure on the shutter release, reframe the picture, shoot, and then do > > it all over again for the next shot. But CF4 puts the focus on a button > > which falls naturally under my thumb and doesn't even need to be held > > down once focus is set. > > > > I have always thought of my Canons as my "electronic Leicas."