Re: D questions

[cbwaters]

See Herb, THAT's just the reason why one needs these fancy cool cameras. 
I've used the focus points like you've described AND I've used them like 
John Francis and Doug Franklin have previously stated they use theirs 
(composing and picking a focus point then waiting for the subject to get 
"there").  But 90% of my time is spent on the center FP.
 The thing I don't get is who the heck wants the camera to pick the focus 
point?  About three seconds after I notice the thing is focusing on some 
mundane part of the frame for no reason I figure out that I've flicked that 
dial over to auto somehow and grumble under my breath...WHY did they think 
I'd want that?
Kinda like that big AF button on the back of my *istD...who uses that?

Cory
Submitted to the PUG yesterday for the first time since July thanks to Frank 
making me feel bad for neglecting the PUG...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: D questions


i am 90+% of the time on a tripod. that means compose first and focus 
later.
just center AF is almost useless for me. i am about 80% AF on focus points
other than the center, 10% on center, and 10% manual.

Herb...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: D questions


Center-point autofocus gives you better control over the point of focus.
I consider multi-point to be primarily a marketing gimmick, and for
inexperienced users.


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