Manual exposure and manual focus really speed things up. The K5 AF might keep up fine. I still like manual exposure since if does eliminate some shutter lag because the camera is not tempted to think about ti.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> I recommend cats. > > Sounds like a MARK ! to me. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hunt" <m...@pobox.com> > Subject: Re: Advice, Photgraphing dogs > > >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >>> Chances are that even most of the people on this list, which on average >>> has pretty high photographic skills, wouldn't get great shots their first >>> time >>> taking photos of dogs in action. >> >> My wife competes in dog agility (in the role of the human), and it's >> not too hard to get good shots of that, at least outdoors: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/2441122563/ >> >> The technique is simply to prefocus on the jump, and then it's just a >> matter of timing. Keeping both eyes open helps. You can pick it up >> quickly, and any current DSLR with a 200 or 300mm kit lens should do >> fine. Depends on how close you can get, and how big or small the dogs >> are. That picture's from my K10D with Tamron 70-300 at 220mm; the >> dog's small (8 lb) but we were in our own yard and I could get close. >> >> But dogs running around in "free play" is a different matter. Forget >> Larry's "first time," I still get few good shots after years of >> trying. The K10D autofocus just won't keep up with the dogs, at least >> not the fast sort that my wife favors. I know the newer models are >> significantly better, but whether they are good enough to lock on to a >> running dog, I cannot say. >> >> I recommend cats. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
