Most of the pictures I take don't require fast reflexes nor fast focus. I
also almost always use a tripod. The benefits of AF & IS aren't normally
there for me. If you are really talking about covering a wider variety of
subjects then motor drive would come into the picture too. However that
would almost surely affect the percentage.
In addition going beyond just a "modern film camera" having instant review
capability of a digital leads me to take a lot of pictures to adjust fill
flash etc rather than carefully spot meter and think ahead of time. After
enough trials I get what I want - indeed perhaps a keeper I wouldn't have
got otherwise. I would agree having more capability doesn't have to lead to
a lower percentage but if you change the cost of a bad photo, you will
almost certainly change the percentage. If the features encourage you to
attempt pictures you wouldn't normally take, you will probably end up with a
few more keepers but even more rejects. It is also common for me to develop
habits/techniques that save time most of the time giving good results but
which I end up mis-applying (auto exposure). Add a couple more auto, don't
need to think most of the time, features and I can easily imagine missing
pictures I wouldn't have missed.
What really made my mind say "wait a minute" is that my Mamiya 7 II is
hardly an old camera. It works very well for what I do. I suspect none of
the people that buy it, care very much about autofocus nor IS. You can argue
that it is not a modern camera but then it seems you are saying that unless
a camera is made to focus quickly and aid telephoto image stability it's not
modern.
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "IanG" <I@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus Trouble
>
> Why should percentage suffer? It is entirely up to the photographer when
> to
> press the button - the camera doesn't suddenly decide to fire a few
> hundred
> bad frames.
>
> High frame rates are available (I have 8.5fps) and that's one of the areas
> where high levels of automation really show the benefits.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>>
>> Real world results. AF and IS achieve a higher keeper count.
>>
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