Originally posted by Laurentiu Cristofor Well, that can make the results look nicer, but it cannot really hide focusing errors when zooming into the image.
I don't think there is much future in AF lenses that do not use focus-by-wire. Whether that will please everyone is another issue.
I can't speak for what you saw/compared, but for my numerous reviews of my friend's Nikons, its not as day and night as what you saw (and we do have monthly photography outings)
Tell that to Leica
In a way, I agree.
If AF was fast and generally accurate enough, I see the need for tactile MF less and less.
But then again, one or two generations of old fogies who have experienced MF fist hand need to die off first before its universally accepted as a norm.
Personally, I don't really care for how it goes.
I'm happy with my K30 and G3 with the AF.
I'm equally appreciative that my 5D with M42 lenses also take photos (w/o the AF)