My advice to my dog loving lady friend: I ended up advicing her to buy a Pentax K-r and a DA* 50-135mm SDM lens. This is available for 1500 Euros in Germany.
This combo cost the same as a Canon 7D, body only. According to dpreview a Pentax K-r with an SDM lens is a decent choise for "sports and wildlife photography on a budget". Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Apr 7, 2011 21:14 "Jens" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot , Matthew. > Makes sence. > Your last remark made me laugh out loud. > If you don't mind, I'll forward your mail to her? > > Regards > Jens > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Apr 7, 2011 19:20 "Matthew Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> > > 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 > > [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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
