Great discussion so far. Maybe I should just leave it at that...
Nahhh, just kidding. You know there\'s no way I can resist the urge to criticize AF and show off my MF skills. It\'s in my blood. Try talking a Lion out of eating that baby Impala. It\'s just not going to happen.
Anyway, I went for a walk yesterday with my family, my 5D and my Magic Drainpipe. (Right away the AF crowd perks up; \"But that\'s not USM, it\'s old AF technology!\"). Don\'t worry folks, I wasn\'t trying to track any Bugatti Veyrons or anything. Just a nice little bird, as you\'ll see.
Now, don\'t ask me why, but I decided to give AF a shot. I suppose it was because I had a moment of doubt in my MF skills. Time is of the essence when you have a chance like this. Often these birds are gone before you can even aim, and I had to crunch through some thickish weeds, twigs, etc. to get close enough (it\'s an 80-200mm lens, after all).
Here are the 100% crops from the initial, contiguous series shot with AF:
\"Almost\":
Abysmal. Not a single keeper. #6 and this last one are close, but \"no cigar\".
I chimped quickly and saw the trend. \"Stupid useless $^**$* *&$(#!!!\"
So, I switch to manual focus. I was so lucky this little guy felt like hanging around.
100% crops from 4 contiguous shots that I got before my card filled up:
(They were all at 200mm, BTW. I just kept creeping closer and closer to this little guy.
Great discussion so far. Maybe I should just leave it at that...
Nahhh, just kidding. You know there\'s no way I can resist the urge to criticize AF and show off my MF skills. It\'s in my blood. Try talking a Lion out of eating that baby Impala. It\'s just not going to happen.
Anyway, I went for a walk yesterday with my family, my 5D and my Magic Drainpipe. (Right away the AF crowd perks up; \"But that\'s not USM, it\'s old AF technology!\"). Don\'t worry folks, I wasn\'t trying to track any Bugatti Veyrons or anything. Just a nice little bird, as you\'ll see.
Now, don\'t ask me why, but I decided to give AF a shot. I suppose it was because I had a moment of doubt in my MF skills. Time is of the essence when you have a chance like this. Often these birds are gone before you can even aim, and I had to crunch through some thickish weeds, twigs, etc. to get close enough (it\'s an 80-200mm lens, after all).
Here are the 100% crops from the initial, contiguous series shot with AF:
\"Almost\":
Abysmal. Not a single keeper. #6 and this last one are close, but \"no cigar\".
I chimped quickly and saw the trend. \"Stupid useless $^**$* *&$(#!!!\"
So, I switch to manual focus. I was so lucky this little guy felt like hanging around.
100% crops from 4 contiguous shots that I got before my card filled up:
Great discussion so far. Maybe I should just leave it at that...
Nahhh, just kidding. You know there\'s no way I can resist the urge to criticize AF and show off my MF skills. It\'s in my blood. Try talking a Lion out of eating that baby Impala. It\'s just not going to happen.
Anyway, I went for a walk yesterday with my family, my 5D and my Magic Drainpipe. (Right away the AF crowd perks up; \"But that\'s not USM, it\'s old AF technology!\"). Don\'t worry folks, I wasn\'t trying to track any Bugatti Veyrons or anything. Just a nice little bird, as you\'ll see.
Now, don\'t ask me why, but I decided to give AF a shot. I suppose it was because I had a moment of doubt in my MF skills. Time is of the essence when you have a chance like this. Often these birds are gone before you can even aim, and I had to crunch through some thickish weeds, twigs, etc. to get close enough (it\'s an 80-200mm lens, after all).
Here are the 100% crops from the initial, contiguous series shot with AF:
Abysmal. Not a single keeper. #6 and the last one are close, but \"no cigar\".
I chimped quickly and saw the trend. \"Stupid useless $^**$* *&$(#!!!\"
So, I switch to manual focus. I was so lucky this little guy felt like hanging around.
100% crops from 4 contiguous shots that I got before my card filled up:
Feb 07, 2010 at 09:25 AM
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