Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] AF, a FAD?
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:45:18 -0500

At 10:36 AM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Let's just say your at a ball game (football, baseball, etc.) The runner is
>off and headed in your direction at about 40 mph, with AF focus tracking I

All I need is one picture of a guy running 40 mph and I'll make lots of 
money! :-)

If you can find a 100-400 2.8 zoom AF lens out there, I'll grant you that 
baseball can be done well with AF.

And I can't help wonder how great photos were taken in sporting events by 
zone focusing with a telephoto lens.

I can tell you. 0

That's ZERO.

Have you ever heard of follow focus? Good sports shooters follow athletes 
with their eyes. (And in fact, the best focus on the athlete's eyes). And 
in fact, I can tell you that even at sporting events, when the subject is 
in a crowd, AF can screw up as many pictures as it can save.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Perspective is in the eye of the beholder.