telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Philippe Amard <phamard@numericable=2Efr> wrote: > > > >>David and Doug are using their R8s + DMR where >>the viewfinder remains the same - not every camera >>company offers this fantastic feature; this is a >>downside for most of their Dameras but as many offer >>autofocus, clarity of the finder is not such an issue >>any longer=2E >> >> > >IMHO viewfinder clarity is still an issue because AF isn't 100% reliable=2E= >=20 >Many bird photographers with AF cameras focus manually for birds in flight= > >for a number of reasons: > >keeping the AF sensor on the bird is difficult >AF focussing on the near wingtip instead of the bird's eye >AF getting confused when the bird flies past a changing background >AF refuses to operate when the lens aperture is small > >so I prefer to keep focussing simple and manual > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www=2Ewildlightphoto=2Ecom > > > > Righto Doug, you're right once again, :-) but in a slot as I don't think in flight bird photography represents a high percentage of the shots taken by many a photographer, be s/he a Leica fan as we are, or a K or C or elsist. And they still keep the option of focussing manually. That's why I wrote it was not such an issue. When you have enough time or simply feel lazy or if your vision is getting impaired, autofocus still remains a plus, simply a non negligible plus. Yours Phileicangemix ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/