Very nice photograph - in fact it's excellent! This was not done with continous AF, was it? Well, at some distance any photograph is always sharp. Only not necessarily where you wnat it to be. In my experience the *istD AF/Continuos AF is not fast enough for anything movuing faster than a walking human. I have pointed this out many times on this list. Other list members allways seem to answer me, that shots like this must be done using MF. So, in a way they seem to agree - the AF isn't fast enough for action photography. Alone the slow FPS speed indicates this. If FPS were sharper the AF would never cope. In my understanding the K10D is not really faster than the D. Only write speed is faster. I ma looking forward to hearing about your results in this area. I wont' be getting my K10D until May 1st. So, I'd like to know. What I am looking foreward to is better cropablity, faster write speed and Shake Reduction. Still, faster AF would be very nice. Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Frits Wüthrich Sendt: 27. december 2006 15:51 Til: [email protected] Emne: *istD AF With the recent discussion in mind that the K10D AF isn't fast enough for football and American football as we call it in the Netherlands, I wanted to show a photograph I made of a hockeygame with my *istD on continues autofocus, using the FA 100-300 f4.5-5.6, a lens not well respected on this list. This sport is at least as fast as the other ones mentioned, but there are not many photos that go wrong on focus with this combo as long as there is enough light. Take a look at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~wuthrich/foto/IMGP4879.jpg It is a matter of following the action with the shutter halfway down till you reach the decisive moment. I leave choosing the autofocus point up to the camera. I wonder what my K10D will do for me in this area. It was sent to me on 22 Dec from TeKaDe in Germany, it didn't arrive yet, can be any moment now. I need to start saving for the 60-250 lens. -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: 12/26/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: 12/26/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
