Beleive me when I tell you AF of the K10D is WAY faster than AF from ist-D even with current cheap lens as a DA 18-55 !
2006/12/25, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 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 > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
