I'll let Ken answer your specific question since you directed it to him.
If you'd like to study the focusing operation in detail you can get
the Minolta DiMAGE A1 user manual (all 3 sections adnd 170 pages) here:
<http://www.minoltausa.com/eprise/main/MinoltaUSA/MUSAContent/CPG/CPG_SupportCenter/CPGSupport_Manual>
Select digtal cameras as the type and DiMAGE A1 as the model.
Section 1 of the downloadable PDF goes to page 49. Most of the focusing
info is on pages 33-35 and 46-48. Manual focusing is on page 107 which
is in section 3 along with the almost worthless 2 page index. Apart
from the index the manual is quite good. Much better than anything
Olympus ever produced. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Garth Wood wrote:
> Ken:
>
> I tried handling an A1 at my local pro shop today, but it was a "satellite"
> shop, and the person behind the counter couldn't answer a question I had
> about the auto-focus system. Perhaps you could?
>
> Simply put, when I depress the shutter of the A1 half-way, a floating red
> rectangle appears in the EVF, and I *assume* that that's the point in the
> image where the autofocus is focussing on. This point moves around the
> image in what appears to be a random fashion.
>
> Could you tell me if I'm correct, and if so, just precisely what the
> autofocus is homing in on? I would've expected the AF to attempt to focus
> on whatever you placed inside the central target...
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