Setting Up The E3

One really does learn new things the longer one holds a piece of equipment. When I had my E510, I was pretty happy living with having my AF on the shutter half press. Of course, I've since seen the error of my ways. The problem with that setup was that every time I tried to fire off a shot, the camera would cycle the autofocus and that could sometimes result in a missed shot if the autofocus decided to miss.

Then I discovered that switching autofocus over to the AEL button solved that issue. Since autofocus triggers only on AEL, the shutter half press no longer resulted in a pesky AF cycle. That also opened up the possibility of my using manual focus mode in conjunction with my autofocus. That is, using the single autofocus + manual focus setting. Lovely.

Now, it seems that I finally have a good use for the manual focus ring on my lenses. Previously, my carefully set manual focus would've been ruined by the camera's smartass adjustment of focus for me. Yet it was quite tedious to constantly cycle between manual and autofocus modes. Guess I have my ideal compromise for now, and man am I lovin it. =p