I think just about all AF cameras use the bottom of the mirror box
for the focus sensors. There is no film to do OTF. A sensor does not
reflect the same way. It is essentially a filter pack coated with an
anti-reflective coating to reduce ghosting. Look at the results.
Evidently the preflash works better. Certainly I will take a modern
flash system over anything using OTF. That is something that really
has moved on.
I am sure Moose will explain it better, but you are ignoring the
major difference between manual focusing with the E-1 and the 5D, the
size of the mirror and the large, bright image in the 5D viewfinder
because it is full frame.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 10, 2006, at 8:27 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>
> There are things about the E-system which infuriate me--like the
> worthless metering system in the viewfinder chamber! Why oh why
> they abandoned mirror-box metering is beyond me. Now we've got
> to shade our viewfinders like every other camera system!
> Progress? Yeah right. "OTF" flash control? Nope, now we've
> got preflash which doesn't improve anything and just adds
> additional delay.
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