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<p>With practice, it becomes second nature to use the thumb to control focus with AF-ON (at least on my D300), and the index finger on the shutter release, it is not really much different from doing the half-press to focus, and then the full-press to trigger the shutter. Using the AF-ON button and setting the AF mode to AF-C, gives you instantaneous control over AF-C, AF-S or AF-M without using any other button except the AF-ON. If you don't press the AF-ON, no change in focus, or you can use manual focus on the lens. If you press AF-ON and release, you get AF-S. If you keep AF-ON pressed, you get AF-C. You don't have to worry whether you accidentally let the half-press go, particularly when you want to reselect what your exposure was also based on. It is great to have exposure and focus decoupled. <br> <br />I too am from the old MF days, and if there is sufficient DoF, I too fallback to focus and recompose as my preferred method, since it saves having to twiddle with moving the focus point around. It works just fine with the AF-ON button.</p> <p>As others have said, AF-C and subject tracking is exactly the same whether you use the half-shutter press or the AF-ON button to engage the AF system. The difference is that the AF-ON button puts you in control of when the AF system is engaged, whereas with the half-press you have no choice but to engage the AF system before the shutter activates unless ou have set a second button to choose manual focus.</p>

<p>Not baby bugs, but just babies...kiddoes from our camping trip with a bunch of friends during Memorial Day weekend at Lake Ray Roberts here in North Texas.</p><div></div>

<p>Lex, sorry to have misled you, I only posted the video for some mindless fun, not to support his take on the X-Pro1. I just happened to find the link to this video from a site that aggregates Fuji X posts on the net and I liked the goofiness. I was not intending to add on to the poking fun at southerners either, I am a Texas Aggie, by the way, and have lived in Texas for over 30 years, to tout my southern/southwestern credentials. I am just waiting for another round of sales to come around to grab a Fuji X-E2 and some XF lenses. In general, though this video might be trying to be satirical about X-Pro1 negatives, I think we sometimes do go overboard on deriding cameras that lack the absolute fastest autofocus, or the frames per second, and certainly the ability to take photos in near darkness.</p> <p>OK, so for the counter argument for the Fuji X-Pro1: http://photosfujiscanttake.tumblr.com/</p>

<p>I thought I'd start yall's weekend off on the raaht fuot, with this wonderful review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDlyoT75YaM. Enjoy :-)</p> <p>At some point he tells people to slow their minds down. I am listening!</p>

<p>I have not been to southern France, but I have been to Venice and Paris couple of times each. My most favorite combo is the 24-70mm with a D300. On occasions I have taken the 70-200mm along, I have never used it,. More often than not the 70-200 stayed in the hotel locker, along with the flash and tele converters, to keep the backpack light.<br> <br />As for a backpack, if I do not take a lot of equipment, my favorite is LowePro Orion Trekker, mainly because it is light and has served me very well over many years. Recently, I have taken the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kata-KT-PL-3N1-35-Light-Backpack/dp/B005IQGN66">Kata 3-N-1-35 Pro Light</a>. The bag is not light, but I would not classify it as heavy either. It holds a lot of equipment, and is very flexible, but more you put in it the heavier it gets of course. The real nice thing about this bag is that it can be configured either as a backpack or a sling. As you said, a sling is not comfortable over a long period. With this bag even in the backpack configuration, you take the strap off one shoulder, and the other side serves as a sling with secure flaps on either side, so you do not have to put the bag down to take the camera and/or accessories out.</p> <p>In the end I am getting more and more tired of carrying heavy cameras during travel, pretty soon I am getting a Fuji X-E2 :-).</p>