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.
Among the others, I shot these pictures with the D:
http://www.dariobonazza.com/f1_04e.htm
More powerful AF motor and faster AF processing would be very welcome, but
the D is not unusable for moving subjects.
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.
Exactly my opinion.
Dario
