I'd believe you, Bruce. As you may recall, apart from my being anti digital, I'm also anti autofocus <LOL>
Seriously, there have been discussions here and elsewhere in which the accuracy and efficiency of autofocus has been called into question. You're right about slower lenses and the greater DOF most/many people use covering up focusing errors. Add to that that many people make relatively small prints, and there's really no need to be particularly accurate wrt to the focusing. And now with the greater popularity of APS-sized sensors and digi cams, most of the time the focus is "good enough." Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > Perhaps it's AF. I still am leary of just how big an area the sensors > really cover. I see more minor misses with people using AF than you > would believe. Many times, DOF helps cover it up because of slow > lenses, but when examined closely, the focus is off just a bit. > > I'm still a die-hard manual focus guy. AF is helpful in some > situations, but that is definitely the exception, not the rule for me. > I even have converted my daughter, Erin, to only shooting manual > focus. She has seen the difference in exact focus and has put in some > practice.
