the autofocus on a good P&S camera works perfectly well if you know how to control its focus points and modes. the few dozen shots i have had not focused when i had the right control point or focus mode, it was because i was in a hurry and pressed the shutter release too soon. i could disable that, but i choose not to. if the digital camera doesn't have manual control of focus points and modes, it's not for people who care. i have had to use manual focus only a couple of times ever, and the times that worked, i locked focus and moved the camera. most cameras with manual focus mode have very coarse steps. my camera has 256 and that isn't adequate unless you move the camera.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:56 AM Subject: Re: why can't the istD take videos? > This is one of the problems I have had with digital cameras. The > viewfinder isn't any good and the screen on the back isn't much better. > I've never had luck with manual focus as I can't tell when the image > is really in focus - you can't use 180,000 pixels to focus 3,000,000 > pixels. I'm going to stick to SLR's.
