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Subject: [OM] Re: E-3 focus problems?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:48:52 -0500
I don't understand why you'd ever want autofocus over other than the 
smallest possible area and with complete control over which point is 
selected.  Who'd want a spot meter that left you unsure about where it 
was pointing?

Chuck Norcutt

Dan Mitchell wrote:
> Garth Wood wrote:
>> There are more formal tests I can do with the E-3, and I also suspect 
>> that part of the problem is that you need to turn off all the other 
>> focus points as well as restrict the centre focus point to its narrowest 
>> angle of acceptance (setting AF Sensitivity to "Small") in order to get 
>> the most accurate focus.
> 
>   Not just accuracy -- I've found that my E-3 sometimes won't autofocus 
> at _all_ if I don't set AF sensitivity to "small", which makes me wonder 
> why there's the non-small setting, to be honest.
> 

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