On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:40:07 -0600, Avid Fan wrote:

>I have used auto-focus before and it was horrible. It just banged
>away at the image under varying light conditions. I won't use it
>again... I would rather be slightly out of focus than have the lens
>going in and out llike that.
[...]

Try a VX-2000 or a variant (PD150, DSR-250) to see
how good and reliable AF can be... I rarely use
MF anymore, since the AF is now so good on this
camera ("natural" AF speed, almost 100% correct
focus point choice, and no hunting until the light
level approaches your seeing limit).