> > From: > Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. > > 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. Two things -
First, my comment was the *istD AF-C is not fast enough for me to shoot American Football and "Soccer", nor baseball. I have no idea if the K10D is fast enough. I haven't been able to get my hands on the K10D to try it out. I did note, however, that as yet, none of the high speed focus motor lenses that are supposed to work with the K10D's faster autofocus are available to test it with even if I do. Second, I hold the shutter release halfway down while following the action, awaiting the critical moment to shoot. But allowing the camera to select the autofocus point has not proved workable. The camera is like as not to choose a point away from the action I'm trying to photograph, leaving my subject out of focus. In fact, when I'm trying to shoot sequences, it's liable to choose different autofocus points for each frame. And there's still the problem with the buffer being too small to give sufficient sequential shots.. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
