"John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Based on my experience, the *ist-D is every bit as good for motorsports >as the MZ-S. In brightly-lit conditions the *ist-D focus circuitry is >as fast as that in the MZ-S (especially if you manually select the auto- >focus sensor to use; operating in full multi-sensor auto-focus tends to >have a few problems with fast-moving objects coming towards the camera. >Not problems with speed; just a tendency for the camera to take shots >if there's anything in focus anywhere in the frame). > >There is no significant shutter lag with the *ist-D; DSLRs are no more >prone to this than film-based SLRs.
Yep. I think the only issue I had with the autofocus is that the FA*80-200/2.8 doesn't focus very quickly: It seems to have a lot of moving mass in its focus system and I think the focus motor in the ist-D may not be as powerful as in the MZ-S or PZ-1p. Still not a big deal, as the photo will attest. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
