Jon
I use 1/000 or 1/500. If i use 1/250 or 1/125 i will pan throught the jump.I use the
Kodak 800
indoors in well lite arenas.This can make the diffrence btwn the 1/500 or 1/250
Still unsure of what AF to look for Found a store nearby with used PZ-10 nad SF-1
any comments on these
David
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From: Jon Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 04:29:44 +0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: auto focus for horse jumping
At 20:32 17/03/01, you wrote:
>Hi.
>I have used only my SP 500 and from 1997 a K1000 for all my photography
>but am looking
>into possibly getting a used auto focus to expand my horizons a bit more.I
>use the K1000 for
>all my out door horse jumping shots and am quite happy with the
>results(using kodak max
>400)I am looking for suggestions on waht would be good for indoor with
>flash and out
>door.Price wise looking at used zx-5 /zp-1????Do these have fast auto
>focus works(horses do
>not give you much time to work with)and reliability.
>I have been able to take indoor shots but only on well lite arenas using
>kodak max 800 film
>with good results.
>Any comments on recommended used af for a 30 year manual guy is appreceiated
Hi Dave
I've spent the majority of the last year photographing horses racing,
especially at night. I gather that is similar enough to indoor work. The
main problem I have is not the AF but fast enough shutter speeds.
I use a Z-1p and an MZ-3 with an assortment of lenses, 300/4, 100/2.8,
50/1.7, 50/1.7 + 1.7x AF teleconverter (gives 85/2.8). In all instances I
have had no problems with the AF working at all. This includes some pretty
dim country race tracks where the lighting isn't quite up to television
standard.
I am using Fujipress 800 colour film, and the results from the film are
pretty damn good. Whenever I've tried Kodak Max 400 in the same situation
it tends to get ugly in any portion of the frame that's underexposed. I
haven't had the same problem with the faster Fujipress film.
What sort of shutter speed do you like to get when you're photographing
horse jumping?
Cheers
Jon
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