Well, based on this comment and another, it may not be as slow as I understood it to be. IAC, I'll probably have a chance to try a K10 this coming week. I'm planning to et together with a couple of "early adapters" so I'll see for myself. Thanks!
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > I think you'll find the delay is far less than a few seconds. It seems > to come up in less than a second. I think that by the time you've > framed and focused, you'll have SR as well. And of course, you really > only need it in daylight when shooting with long lenses. : > > > That's not quite the same as quickly lifting the camera to the eye and > > making a quick "street shot". In those situations there's little > > opportunity to do what you suggest. It may be possible to walk around > > with > > one's finger half-depressing the shutter all day, but that seems > > somewhat > > tiresome and annoying. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Paul Stenquist > > > >> I find, for example, that when tracking Grace as she charges around > >> the > >> room, I can easily keep the shutter release in the halfway position, > >> so > >> I don't miss a beat. I would guess that's what the sports photogs do > >> when shooting with their long Canon IS glass. > > > > > >> On Dec 2, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> > >>> If that's the case, then SR is mostly useless > >>> for quick shooting ... <sigh> > >>> > >>> Shel > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> [Original Message] > >>>> From: David Bliss > >>> > >>>> One thing that I didn't figure out until I'd read the manual ten or > >>>> twelve > >>>> times is that SR does not work unless you hold the shutter release > >>>> half- > >>>> pressed for a few seconds, until the SR (hand) icon shows in the > >>>> lower > >>> left of the viewfinder. If you just fire the shutter all the way, no > > SR. > >>>> Might explain the behavior you're seeing. > >>>> > >>>> At least, this is my understanding from the bottom grey box on p. 68 > >>>> of the manual and from my K10D's behavior. > >>>> > >>>> I find SR works **GREAT**. I regularly get shots at > >>>> 210mm at 1/15 that show no signs of motion blur. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
