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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-09-2009, 06:45 PM
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I lump AF into the same general area as auto exposure, or even built in metering. If you don't know what it's doing and can't control it, it's limiting your potential and probably making your photos worse. But if you understand it, know the manual process (manual focus, manual metering...), and can control it to your desire then it just becomes another good tool.
For instance, I can stand there and fiddle with a stand-alone light meter and probably end up changing the camera to what a decent in-body meter would've come up with anyway. Or, I can set it in manual mode and fiddle with aperture and shutter until the meter says it's right, rather than doing Av or Tv mode to begin with. Neither adds any value since I already know how to do it, and just gets in the way of what really matters: the image. The same goes for autofocus. If I can get the camera to do exactly what I was intending to do except much faster (and more accurately) then why would I be hardheaded and do it manually, wasting time that I could use focusing (hah) on the actual content and framing?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-09-2009, 06:39 PM
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I beg to differ. I'm shooting a 3 year old DSLR and doubt I'll see any reason to upgrade for quite a few years to come. Honestly, you can do massive prints and get decent ISO performance from just about any half decent DSLR these days -- what the heck are people looking for? :)
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