On Oct 25, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > One question with that lens becomes what body was used. There's no > way a > Rebel other than the XTi can accurately AF a 85 f1.2L when shooting > wide > open, the AF unit simply isn't accurate enough. Even the XTi, 5D, 30D, > 20D and 10D are marginal wide open with a tele lens that fast unless > using the centre point, although the bodies with the 45 point unit > will > have no issues if you're using one of the high-precision points.
I never rely upon *any* AF for critical focus wide open with anything faster than an f/4 lens, and even that is chancy. Were I doing a test, even a DRebel or 10D body would do great if you focus it manually with a viewfinder magnifier. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
