1) Agreed, it has and will continue to turn off new users.
2) Agreed on limiting the usefulness of 5-pt and 11-pt in static scenes. I do use 5-point and 11-point for birding and small rc planes where the object can pass between many of the points and there is not much else for it to focus on. If they are going in and out of branches and whatnot, 5-point and 11-point are useless anyway even with indicators because it will just tell me I focused on the wrong thing, but I will have missed the shot anyway. You really have to use a camera (with LED indicators) in these situations in order to make an assessment. In this case I use select-point.
If you find the scene challenging and don't want to choose a focus point/miss the shot, what are focus point indicators going to help you with?
3) Agreed
(missed point) The whole point I have made is that select-AF point, IMO the most useful, works just as good if not better than the competition (cross-type).
Last edited by Eruditass; 12-11-2009 at 12:07 PM.