Eric, Ran out of steam after about 15 pics, but there are some nice ones there.
Two thoughts about K-5 AF: First, make sure you've adjusted the camera for the lens. This can make a big difference. There's a technique that exploits the moire generated when a target of concentric circles on a computer monitor hits your sensor in perfect focus that I have found useful (unfortunately I can't find the file right now). Second, on the K-5 (and K-7), the central AF area is that =entire= center circle in the viewfinder--it's much larger than the little red square. That can make things tricky. Cheers, Rick On Nov 10, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > Took my K-5 with my new [used] DA 50-200/4-5.6 ED WR lens to the state > cross-country championship yesterday. I’m over my hang-up about getting > manual focus down before thinking about autofocus. The results were mixed > because autofocus is auto only so far. There are still things to be learned, > technique to be develop. E.g., I can see that in some of the images the > subject is not sharp while the background is. I will be learning about where > the camera focuses and paying more attention to what I have it focus on. > > The light was perfect. I was able to shoot at 400 and didn’t have any noise > to correct for. Most of my processing was cropping to put the subject more > clearly in the frame. > > This is the gallery I put up for the team I’ve been following. Nothing great > and some not very good, but a great improvement for me with this subject > matter. Comments more than welcome. > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/10781314504/in/set-72157637520908245> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in > each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits." > > - Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics > > > -- > 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.
