OwlsEyes wrote:
AF works with the right lens, right camera, right subject.
This is the important bit of the discussion for me so far. And that remark is so simplified and directly to the point already there\'s really nothing left to say. More examples to communicate maybe but that really says it all.
I was VERY happy with the AF on my D2x and my A2 is very close to same level of performance in that regard. Especially tracking! WOW! What an awesome feature! I couldn\'t even have dreamed about such a feature when I started in with 35mm \"portable\" photography back in the 50\'s. Technology guud!
The talking heads line just popped into mind: \"If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower.\" If you know the context of that line it fits here nicely. I think in the next some-number-of-years, if we don\'t blow ourselves up, the AF problem will be completely solved. I\'m thinking along the lines of the R&D that\'s being done with range cameras. Not to be confused with range-finder cameras.
Basically focus/refocus, DOF selection, and bokeh type will become post processing choices or post acquisition in camera options to the end user. There are already working prototypes and the technology is VERY exciting!
Feb 07, 2010 at 08:26 PM
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