Eric, My DA 50-200 was so so on my K-10D but on my K-5 in AF mode is
quite nice, many m,any keepers.

Dave

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> 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
>
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