Thanks;
I appreciate the tips, but not sure if they would work for me. I've been burned using "peaking" before. (I'm simplifying here but you know what I mean). And the problem with "zoom in to focus and back off" won't work while you are rolling, only before you start, and then ONLY if the lens is parfocal or close - any back-focus problems will bite you.
That reminds me - every notice any back-focus problems with the AC160?
Last night, as I was on UPS watching the slow ground progress of my AC160, I had another worry. One thing many people complained about with the AC160 is the lack of magnification on the viewfinder eyepiece. What if the new AC160A has fixed that? In that case, I will be burned by buying the AC160 and paying the $300.00 for the TurboFocus upgrade.
Also fretting about the possibility that the AC160A might someday be eligible for some kind of an upgrade that just won't work on the original AC160, even after the $300 TurboFocus hardware upgrade.
If Only I Had a Crystal Ball and could predict the B&H discount on the AC160 once it is available!
Oh, well.
Here's a link to the new Brochure for the AC160A:
http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/broch_pdf/ag-ac160a.pdf
Steve
Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V
