That is an beautiful picture... What lens were you using? I assume a fast
300mm or ???-300 zoom. I am saving the pennys for one in that vein, got any
suggestions Pentax or otherwise?
l8r,
Douglas E Harmon
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: ZX-5N AF again (was Re: ZX-5n - Good price at B&H photo: A
Question to All....)
: Douglas E Harmon wrote:
: >
: > Alin Wrote:
: > : Douglas, what sort of problems have you encountered? Was it that
: > : you had multiple cars in the frame, covering different sensors?
: >
: > Basicly, that is the main problem... Same lens by the way... I try to
get a
: > couple of prototypes passing one of the factory cars in the turns(quite
fun
: > to watch) and it hunts around not knowing which car "I" want to be
center
: > focus.... I figure if I had just a center spot that would eliminate the
: > problem....
: >
: > Ed Matthews Wrote:
: > :I don't find the ZX5N auto focus particularly well suited to moving
: > subjects.
: > :It has no continuous focus mode, and will lock on and stay focused
sooner
: > than you like.
: > :I'd either wait for the MZ-S or maybe even try a PZ1-P.
: >
: > Not what I want to hear ;) I thought the PZ1p got a bad rap for it's
"out of
: > date unPROfessional AF".... If this is not the case and other would like
to
: > chime in, please reassure me.... The way people sometimes talk, the
ZX5n's
: > AF is better.....
:
: Well, I probably shoot more motorsports than most folks on this group.
: I use a PZ-1p, usually in autofocus mode - it seems to work quite well.
: The big drawback for the PZ-1p, when compared to the 5n, is the single
: AF sensor. But if you want to use a ZX-5n in central-sensor mode you're
: basically limiting yourself to PZ-1p functionality on a body with a less
: powerful AF motor (or so say those who have used both cameras).
:
: I'll be picking up an MZ-S as soon as they become available; occasionally
: that single central sensor means you would autofocus on the wrong car.
: But most of the time central AF works quite well. From the mention of
: prototypes vs. factory cars I presume you're talking sports cars - here's
: a shot I took last year when the ALMS came to Laguna Seca:
:
: http://motorsport.com/photos/alms/ls00/alms-2000-ls-jf-0223.jpg
:
: That's two cars in one corner, and the PZ-1p autofocus was up to it.
:
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