John Francis wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:54:14PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote:
P?l, have you tried to shoot into a group of people, vehicles, animals etc.
that are moving with the D?
Nothing good will come of it - even with a F. 2.8 lens.
Sports photography is simply off limits using a *ist D, IMO.
The AF is too slow and FPS is insufficient
I'm sure that will come as a surprise to those amongst us doing
sports photography with a D - apparently we must be hallucinating.
The buffer size is a limitation - I have lost shots because the
camera is still writing out earlier images. But I've been able
to use AF, even with big, heavy lenses.
Not that there isn't considerable room for improvement; I don't
agree with the posters who suggest even cameras such as the MZ-S
can auto-focus as well as competitive bodies such as the 20D with
USM lenses. I've used Pentax, Nikon & Canon bodies at events,
and I'm firmly convinced that the Pentax AF is neither as fast
nor as reliable as the competition; if my livelihood depended on
my ability to bring home the results I would have switched by now.
But to suggest auto-focus is unusable is overstating the case.
I agree entirely.
Heck, one can shoot sport without AF at all. I shot a soccer game last
fall with a 200/f4 XR Rikenon and the D, quite successfully. And that
was a bunch of hyperactive 11 year olds.
But There is a major performance gap, and it's one reason I've left
Pentax for AF/Digital bodies. Not the main reason though (That was
logistics. When everyone in the club shoots one brand, having a
different one can cause problems for you at certain events, like studio
shoots, when you can't take advantage of gear sharing).
-Adam
