I meant the manual focus issue on compacts. I'm actually pretty happy with the speed of autofocus on the 300D. But autofocus on compacts takes 1-2 secs usually and the manual modes are almost always next to useless.
That screen thing looks nice. What is it?
I'll probably try using my 50mm f/1.8 and shooting properly (ie not pre-focusing and shooting 'from the hip') next time I go out. But still:
A) That article above said that RF cameras give much better results at wide apertures than SLRs. I presume they're talking about the depth of field issue. If so, that's quite appealing, being able to shoot at f/2 and have it compare to the f/5.6 shots I take on my 300D sounds very nice.
B) Everyone says that people pay much less attention to you when you use a RF instead of an SLR. I can see why. Most of the RFs have quite an olde worlde look to them. I'd imagine most people's reaction is "oh, look at that quaint man with his vintage camera" rather than "why is he taking photos of me?"