Hi AMS, On 1/22/06, Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip/> > But I decided to try it again anyway. Glad you did. > And I hadn't realised just HOW MUCH my D30+75-300 sucks at autofocus. > I'm getting *dramatically* better results with manual focusing (though > I need more practice), even handheld. I don't know whether I should be > blaming the body or the lens, so I'm heaping blame generously on both. I found out the hard way when I was trying to photograph some airplanes coming in to land at some airport. My 300D gets very confused near the 300mm range. > Manual focusing is apparently always more reliable, often much faster > (no hunting back and forth), silent (no motor, no focus-confirmation > beep), and drastically decreases the perceived shot-to-shot lag time. I have found that hand+brain tends to learn pretty fast when I force it too :) > Here are some recent photographs. As I said, I need more practice. But > maybe there's some hope for me yet. Those look pretty good! > Thank you for the suggestion. Glad to have been of help :) -Gabin -- Measure with a micrometer. Mark with a chalk. Cut with an axe!
