On Dec 7, 2009, at 8:50 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: David Mann >> Following on from the galleries I posted yesterday. The City Criterium is >> ridden around a short (approx. 1km) loop around a scenic >> section of the Avon River. > > #12 - the guy in second place to the right is LOAFING.
Yeah they're lazy bastards aren't they ;) I think that one may have been just after one of the sprints. > I remember Pentax advertising TRAP FOCUS on their AF film cameras. Set the > focus and the shutter fires when something comes into focus. > > I know you can do it manually with the *ist-D and K10D. Auto-focus on a fixed > point, switch focus to manual leaving the lens focused at that distance and > trip the shutter using calibrated Mark 1 eye-ball. > > I use that a lot instead of continuous auto-focus, because Pentax CAF is > SLOOOOOOOOoooooow. Trap focus isn't always practical for me because I have to know in advance what my composition is going to be, where the lead rider will be, exactly what distance I want to shoot at, etc. CAF is nice as I just choose a focus point then run off several frames as the riders approach and come past. Otherwise I'd only get one photo per lap. > Almost as slow as the savings fund I started to buy a K20D is been growing. I hear you... I wouldn't mind trying the K-7 but I just know I'd want to buy one. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
