Screamin Scott wrote: I'm an "older guy " too that has been shooting just as long if not longer & I have both AF & MF lenses. Certain situations call for manual focus (macro for one) & other situations call for AF (fast action)...I use the different focus methods depending on the situation at hand. Since my niche is macro, more of my shooting involves manual focus. There are times where AF just won't cut it, like using a zoom lens that has an F5.6 aperture at the long end, in limited light. It will hunt like crazy & you will be lucky if it does find focus. Then if you are shooting birds (smaller ones) that are in heavy foliage. Many times the lens will focus on the nearby leaf instead of the bird. You can't always tell on the LCD if this has happened either. As an "older person" many of my contemporaries have vision problems & they reply on AF to help them & that is OK . Since I have been shooting for as long as I have, I prefer the feel of a solid MF lens & the way the image snaps into focus (on my macro lenses with the focus screen changed over to a split image) It really boils down to being a matter of choice for most people.
Screamin Scott wrote: I was referring to checking the LCD after a shot to see if the image looks good. Even when you "magnify" the image on the LCD, you can't always tell just how sharp your subject is until you upload the images onto the big screen
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