> > From: > Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:40 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> The one thing I've found my Pentax doesn't work well for is sports >> action. The continuous auto-focus mode just doesn't work fast enough to >> keep up with baseball, football (American style) or football (what the >> rest of the world knows as football & the US calls soccer), and the >> buffer isn't large enough or fast enough for motor drive type shots. >> >> I'm considering a Nikon D2H & 80-200 f/2.8 > > Are you referring to the K10D or some earlier Pentax DSLR? The K10D AF > system seems a significant improvement in speed over the DS, without > sacrificing accuracy, in my use so far. I hardly ever use follow-focus > or AF-C modes, though, so I am not sure about how it does in that > respect. > > Godfrey I currently have the *ist-D and a PZ-1P. Neither has proved really satisfactory for sports photography in continuous auto-focus, although the PZ-1P holds a slight edge.
The optics are sharp enough when used in a pre-focused mode, such as focusing on home plate & waiting for some action to occur there, but are not quick enough in continuous mode to follow a base runner if he tries to steal second. The PZ-1P will burn through some film in continuous mode; you can put the hammer down and rip through an entire 36 exposure roll in one burst if you want to, but the *ist-D doesn't have a large enough buffer for good continuous action shooting. I understand the K10D is supposed to have a larger buffer, and to auto-focus faster with the hypersonic motor in some lenses, but as yet I don't think they yet offer anything like the 80-200 f/2.8 with a hypersonic motor to take advantage of the K10D's capabilities. OTOH, it's pretty much moot at this point because I don't have enough saved to buy either the Pentax or the Nikon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
