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ryguy76
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:24 pm |
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How accurate is manual focus confirmation, compared to auto focus mode. |
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Hoosiershooter
Joined: 18 Nov 2006
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:16 pm |
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| How accurate is manual focus confirmation, compared to auto focus mode. |
I can't imagine why it would be any different. |
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Mike Maples
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Location: Middle Tennessee
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:45 pm |
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It's as accurate as your eye can see. If you can see when you are in focus than MF is just as accurate, and more controllable, when compared to AF. I seldom use MF because of speed. I need really fast focus for birds. But when I shoot macro I often go MF.
AF used to be an "iffy" proposition in the olden days but modern cameras and lenses AF quite accurately and very quickly. |
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ryguy76
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:40 pm |
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thanks mike, but my question was more about "focus confirmation" done in-camera in MF mode.
What I was getting at was if the lattitude of the MF confirmation was wider than the AF mode's confirmation. |
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Mongoose
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:36 pm |
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as far as I'm aware the only difference between AF and Manual Focus Confirmation is who or what is moving the lens.
Certainly this seems to be the case with my Pentax bodies, I assume it is the same for all.
Even the really early MFC on my ME-F is very precise and it doesn't come any earlier than the first mass market AF SLR. |
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adorski
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