Hi Doug, I very much liked reading the story at your link! The YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) comment is quite relevent and probably is a better expression of what I was trying to say with my saying people's answers would likely be 'shades of grey' rather than absolute blacks or whites. I think that a kernel of truth is revealing itself when it comes to comparing what Autofocus Gave ME versus what I REMEMBER getting when I was shooting a Manual Focus Camera. Probably have to ponder it a little more to see if something relevent shows itself in any entirety. I would like to, in my defense, note that I DO shoot with Manual Focus lenses mounted upon a Camera fully capable of use with some pretty competent Auto Focus Lenses. Further, I fully intend to upgrade to a Camera Body capable of using genuine 'designed for manual focus' focus screens at my first available opportunity. A Manual Focus Hater / Autofocus Fan-Boy I AM Definitely NOT. :-) I AM someone who sees life in varying shades of grey more than a strict 'this way and NOT THAT' kind of way. Richard in Michigan ________________________________ From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 9:36:20 PM Subject: [LRflex] Re: Observations on digital shooting Richard Ward wrote: > My observation (or is it a query?) is to wonder whether the 'scorn' we >photographers have heaped upon Autofocus Based Equipment isn't a bit to >overdone? This is probably a YMMV discussion... here's one take on it: http://leica-users.org/v29/msg06594.html ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/