On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Shot some kids football again. Great fun. > > I’m somewhat mystified by those who say the K-1 is ill suited for sports > photography. In continuous autofocus mode it pretty much nails every shot. > And even under somewhat dim stadium lights with night closing in, ti’s > possible to get decent results at ISO 6400 followed by a two stop push — an > effective iso of 25,500.
I don't think the Pentax cameras are bad at sports photography but possibly thelens choices come into play. I don't have anything with an SDM type focus motor other than my Sigma 17-70 which focuses quite fast, my consumer lenses, the DA F 50-200 and 55-300 being screw focus tend to focus slower and hunt, me thinks that could be the concern.?? Nice shots BTW Dave > Just beginning to process these, but I had to post a couple. Here’s the shot > at 25,800, K-1 DFA 150-450, f 5.6, 1/1000th. TA mode with ISO limit set at > 6400, then two stop push in rendering: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18287583&size=lg > > This one was shot before it got dark, but the light was getting dim. Again > K-1 with DFA 150-450, F8, 1/1250th, ISO 6400, minimal exposure adjustment in > rendering. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18287579&size=lg > > No problem with autofocus all night. Loving that camera. > > Will post a GESO once I’ve rendered more of these. > Paul > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
