On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:00 -0400, "Christine Nielsen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday, I volunteered at my daughter's school to take photos of the > 3rd graders at field day. For the uninitiated, Field Day is a day of > fun & games at the end of the school year. Back when I was a kid, > events included the three-legged race, maybe a game of kickball, and > popsicles for all. These days, you need an army of parents to > organize a plethora of outdoor activities, water games, a DJ, bouncy > houses, a BBQ, *a professional Simon Says guy*, t-shirts, and of > course, photographers. But, I digress... > > I took the k-7, and the 50-135. It was a cloudy day with off & on > showers. (Hooray for weatherproofing!) The goal was to capture each > kid in action... I started out by pre-focusing on a spot & waiting for > a kid to arrive... by the end of the day, I worked up to pre-selecting > a focus point, and using AF-C to track & shoot. I was pleasantly > surprised with the results. The only images that didn't work this way > were due to user error (mis-placing the focus point, or poorly > framed), or closed eyes... >
Very well done. You've got the focus spot on with those. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- 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.
