I agree completely
Simpy cannot understand al those AF points on modern DSLRs.
Someone uses them though...
On Aug 24, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Scott,
>
> The autofocus setting was the first thing I changed on my E-1. In
> fact, I had made up my mind to do so before I even got my hands on the
> camera. Before I bought, I downloaded the manual from the Oly
> website, and upon reading "Normally, the camera measures the distance
> to the subject using the 3 AF frames in the viewfinder and selects the
> most appropriate point," my immediate response was, "Bulls**t! I'm in
> charge here and I'll be the one deciding what's the most appropriate
> point."
>
> So, before I took even the first shot, I set the autofocus to the
> center frame only, and that's where it's going to stay. And this is
> even more fitting now that I've changed to the Katz Eye screen, which
> doesn't have all those little rectangles, just a split prism with a
> microprism collar, a lot like what I see in the viewfinder of an OM.
>
> And, of course, being in control at all times requires that
> simultaneous AF and MF modes be set so the human in charge has the
> authority to occasionally fine tune the auto focus, whether it needs
> it or not, as a reminder to the little man in the camera about who's
> really the boss of this outfit. You don't want him getting too
> uppity. :-)
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [snip]
>> First, the autofocus is making me nuts. It's not at all clear to me
>> how
>> one tells just what the hell it's focusing *on*. From the manual, it
>> appears that there are three "focus zones" outlined in the viewfinder,
>> any one of which is selected by the E-1 as the focusing point.
>> There's a
>> little viewfinder doohickey that even shows you which of the three
>> targets was used (I've updated to firmware version 1.4; I believe that
>> the feature was added in firmware ver. 1.3). However, depending on the
>> scene being photographed, the zone encompassed by any one of the
>> focus-outlines can be a target-rich environment. Just how does one
>> know
>> where the actual focus is, with any reliability? What are the pitfalls
>> of forcing the camera to use only one focusing zone (as it appears is
>> possible to accomplish through settings)? Having *never* extensively
>> used a camera having autofocus, I'm finding this quite frustrating.
>
> [snip]
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