if this is your main type of photography, Pentax AF won't do the job. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: RE: *ist D AF and snow?
> I realize that it will be nearly imposiible to focus on the snow- I'm > interested in focussing on the skier of course. However, sometimes the > skier is small in the frame, and the AF hiccups and starts hunting. I > do all of my skiing photography with manual focus right now, because as > soon as the AF starts to hunt I am completed hosed. Another problem I > have is that the AF seems ok, but it won't lock and it won't let me fire > the shutter. This especially sucks if I'm shooting at f/11 or something > and I know that the focus is good enough.

