[LRflex] Re: Blue Jay and Canon

Keith,
That may be right for the other 999, I use ONLYmanual focus with the Canon 60mm Macro/20D - even Canon recommends it although the lens is AF, and I turn off the IS on my Canon zooms too when the situation is bright enough. Too many shots have been unsatisfactory enough that I hardly ever rely totally on what the camera "thinks" is right. In fact an MF DSLR wouldn't be a bad idea at all as far as I'm concerned - it's the convenience and speed from shot to print (display) of digital as a medium that attracts me. 
Cheers
Douglas (the other one)

Douglas Herr wrote:

KEITH LONGMORE <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I bet not one customer in 1000 bothers with manual focus if the camera is equipped with AF! 

I have no doubt that you are correct.  Just like any other auto-function (cars 
or cameras) it works well for the majority of circumstances.  I'm as interested 
in the out-of-the-ordinary circumstances as in the ordinary ones, if not more 
so.  The out-of-the-ordinary situations (pushing the envelope if you will) are 
the make-it-or-break-it kind and I use Leica equipment because it works better 
in these situations.  I don't want to stay safely within the box prescribed by 
the camera makers and first-rate manual control allows this.  Manual control as 
an afterthought (as is the case with AF cameras) doesn't do the job.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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