We manual focus dinosaurs like to point that the Nikon F5/EOS1n
crowd and roar with delite whenever we hear them say that 800f
the time they are manual focusing.
Gosh, that makes our cameras equal footing with them in the same
sports/wildlife/news situations. Maybe, maybe not. We ignore
the remaining 20%. The difference between getting a usable shot
and not getting one at all might be dependant upon the 20%
capability of the camera which we don't have with our OMs.
Back a couple generations ago, the professionals were shooting
with Speed Graphics and other similar beasties. Did they focus,
set shutter speeds and apertures and carry meters around? Not
quite. Until the Nikon F started ruling the world, they
typically carried two cameras. One had glued settings for
"point and shoot" photography during pressure times and the
other one they adjusted as necessary to get a better shot--if
they could. They would show up at the breaking news scene, fire
a shot or two with the glued camera and then they would work the
scene with the other camera. If they were using just one camera
they were usually trained to ALWAYS keep the camera ready in the
grab shot mode and adjust only after getting the first shot.
The majority of the news/sports photographers for the major
newspapers were carrying 35mm cameras for the grab shots and a
twin reflex of some form for the quality shots.
I know a couple crusty old pros that instinctively return their
camera to a "standard setting" after every shot.
Autofocus and program modes just make for a modern "glued
camera".
AG-why do I have to keep defending autofocus wonderbricks-Schnozz
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