[photo-3d] New fangled auto focus cameras

["Jim Harp" <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I know a lot of stereo photographers dont use AF, let alone twin two AF
> cameras, because it focuses on the front of the main subject rather than at
> the point which gives the greatest depth of field. But I love the
> convenience of all-singing all-dancing SLRs.

I haven't used AF, so perhaps I'm missing something here.  While I can see
that the AF and AE on the RBT S-1 must be great for quick point and shoot
images, I don't see the benefit in a twin SLR configuration.  Since your
lenses are probably 4 or 5 inches apart, are you really doing much shooting
of subjects closer than 9 feet?  With the 28 mm lenses I often use, at F11
focused at 7 feet everything is sharp from 4 feet to infinity.  Why then
would I want a microprocessor interfering with my shooting?   Jim Harp