If I happen to be at a wedding with my IS-3, I prefocus manually on an
area partway up the isle and catch the bewildered couple as they enter
the zone.
The IS-3 focus's much faster than an IS-1 and may be able to focus and
fire on most moving objects of this type. I haven't tested it enough to
prove this.
John
Hans van Veluwen wrote:
>
> Ken Norton wrote:
>
> :If I'm grabbing only one camera, I usually want to grab the IS-3.
> :Unfortunately, it has print film in it most of the time and has been
> :accosted for family use. Would I recommend the IS-3(000) to most anybody?
> :You bet. This is the ultimate P&S.
>
> Thanks Ken for this elaborate discussion of the IS-3(000). You didn't
> mention the Super FP flash mode of the built-in flash of the 3000.
> Anyway, I'm almost ready to buy one, but I'm still worried about the single
> centre AF spot. How do you cope with that when the wedding couple in the
> church, or fashion models on the catwalk are running towards you with speeds
> you didn't imagine before (too fast for AF lock, certainly not with the 300
> mm convertor attached) and they/she/he are not in the centre of 'your'
> picture?
>
> Hans
>
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