No question. I am certainly not practiced with the continuous focusing needed for action shots. I find that the MZ-S and the FA 50 are harder to focus manually, especially in low light. Also, some of my shots were head on (my only clear angle) making it worse.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/03 01:00PM >>> I would think you'd be able to manually focus a swimmer with a 50mm. It's not like they're greyhounds, and you're probably not shooting them head-on, are you? If you MF shots are out of focus, you may need a little practice, no offense. tv > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MZ-S AF accuracy and the Dutch > > > Steve, > > Swimming meets are the worst... > The light is bad. The contrast is low. And the water > surface is impossible to focus on. I had lots of trouble > using the PZ-1 at meets. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > Let me mention a situation where I did have AF problems > with the MZ-S. > > Last night I was taking pictures of a swim meet. The > pool area was dim > > enough that I had to use my 50 at f1.4 to get 1/60 > exposure time. (No > > flashes allowed) There were a few shots when the camera > would not fire > > the shutter, since I had it on the AF-C setting. I > figured that there > > was no point in switching to AF-S since the shutter would > fire but the > > shot would be out of focus. I tried MF but I suspect > that I'm going to > > get out-of-focus shots. I realize that this is a terrible > > condition for > > AF. Any suggestions for the future? >
