At 10:22 PM 3/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
And, after all, one could always turn
off the autofocus for those " truly creative" images.
Therein lies the rub. No, you can't get the same manual performance from
an AF camera that you can from a true manual. Only the most expensive pro
cameras and lenses can come even close. And for that extra price you pay a
serious weight and bulk penalty too.
One of the things I like about the Nikon AF-S lenses is that while holding
down the shutter release one can easily 'touch up' the focus manually. I
believe the Contax 645 works the same way. Finally, useful AF.
However as you point out there certainly is a price to be paid for this,
both in dollars and weight.
On the subject of weight, I met Skip the other day and he brought his 35-80
2.8. I had always heard on this list that this was an enormous piece of
glass, yet I found it to be not large at all, at least by current
standards. Anyone thinking of buying one should definitely heft it first
before being put off!
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