I'm very new to SLR cameras and I was simply observing the
performance of the D70 kit lens with the 50mm 1.8. A couple of
things I noticed between the two lenses are:
1. The 50mm is a lot louder than the kit lens. I've never purchased
any lenses before except for the kit lens on the D70. I have
learned now that this is probably normal and the kit lens was made
to operate with less noise (AF-S).
2. I have noticed that the focusing on the 50mm is slower to focus
then the kit lens. As Kurt Meyer best described in his previous
thread ... searching for something in focus and when it can't find
it goes back and forth from close to inf. This happens when I'm
focusing on a face or when I'm focusing on an a person 4 feet away.
Anyway, I was just curious if this is normal for the lens compared
to the kit lens. I think it is normal based on some of the comments
and realizing that the kit lens was just recently developed and the
50mm has been around for ages.
Regards,
... in that situation? If there's nothing to focus on theres
nothing to focus on. Should it cycle twice and then throw an error
message? Thould it just stop in the middle (out of focus) and let
you shoot? Then folks would complain about that!
When this happens to me I point at something that it can focus on
in the desired depth of field (like the profile of someone's face),
lock the focus, recompose, and shoot. In other words, basic
photography skills.
Please don't take offense, but Sheesh, the camera and lens can't do
everything for you! Am I missing something?
Regards,
Kent
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rdr
'What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve'
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