Originally posted by BillM Still very much manual orientated myself.
Does seem to be reason why people do invest in technology rather than investing time and work,in addition to expense involved with manual process.
Depends on situations. At peopled events, I'd want a fast short AF zoom around the kit.lens range. For many 'scapes, I'd want an MF wide-normal. For grabbing faces, a long-normal to short-tele. For repeatedly wandering the same area many days, use one different MF lens each day. For seeing the world in certain ways, use certain lenses, whether MF or AF. The choice depends on vision, or luck, or whatever.