Getting the Film Bug

[Les Sarile]

Long term the problem is AF film technology is stuck in the new millennium at best, while digital auto focus advances continue apace.

I can tell you with confidence in years of use - dark settings and fast action tracking, that the AF in the EOS1V & 3 + L lenses worked instantaneously and uneventfully. The manual focus override on the lenses are quite useful too. The bodies will not need an upgrade and the focus motors are in the lenses. For that matter, there are no dslrs that have ECF.

 

[hgaude]

I can tell you with confidence in years of use - dark settings and fast action tracking, that the AF in the EOS1V & 3 + L lenses worked instantaneously and uneventfully. The manual focus override on the lenses are quite useful too. The bodies will not need an upgrade and the focus motors are in the lenses. For that matter, there are no dslrs that have ECF.

I wish my 5dmkii had the focusing system of my EOS 3... very much agree Les.

 

[johnha]

I have an EOS 5 and the ECF didn't work for me (I wear glasses). Supposedly the more times you perform the calibration the better it gets - I found more calibrations made it worse.

 

[ambaker]

Try lugging a 5D MK II with a 70-200 2.8

Been there done that... Though I prefer the Pentax 67 with the 100mm for my exercise.


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[RalphLambrecht]

That should read: And real photographers with good eyesight and don't wear glasses don't use AF.

I was an opponent of AF for yearsbut after using 3Nikondigitals,I wouldn't want to be without it anymore.I ran several comparison testsand now consider MF as being pure serendipity compared to AFYou just can't compete with it.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

That should read: And real photographers with good eyesight and don't wear glasses don't use AF.

I was an opponent of AF for yearsbut after using 3Nikondigitals,I wouldn't want to be without it anymore.I ran several comparison testsand now consider MF as being pure serendipity compared to AFYou just can't compete with it and I have to say the same about matrix metering today,sometimes ,technology really works;just don't let it interfer with nature or you're asking for trouble.

 

[Dennis S]

I enjoy being a tourist some days. But most days it's one of my A body Canons and FD lens. As you see I REALLY like Canons