Hi Michael
Lack of a manual focus is my particular bugbear as well. It's the only
thing that's put me off buying one of the new Nikons.
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on 2/2/12 2:26 PM, Michael Hunter at wrote:
> Thanks for keeping us uptodate on the latest electronic wonders Carl.
>
> The new Nikons look absolutely fabulous EXCEPT that they don't have manual
> focus, which means that, unless they have an absolutely pinpoint, fast,
> autofocus capability, trying to focus on a bird in the bush results in
> autofocussing on twigs and leaves in the foreground, particularly at high
> zoom, the bird itself being out of focus.
>
> I have a Panasonic compact with a zoom equivalent of about 500mm, good, but
> with a very cumbersome manual focus mechanism, only worth trying if the bird
> or beast behind branches sits still while you fiddle. ( It also packed up in
> the humidity of rainforest, but came good after drying out in front of the
> campfire, so check on waterproofing or appropriate waterproof cases if you
> want to go there.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
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