I looked at the pics -- great action, and on top of that, they seem quite focussed. What did you exactly mean by "it failed just about everytime"?
Mishka ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Daryl Coombs-Reyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: Pentax AutoFocus / Consumer Fast Film > > Hello all - > > I'm going to go out on a limb here and talk about equipment that actually > already exists! And I'm going to stretch even further and talk about > TAKING PICTURES with these cameras (do I have the right discussion > group?! Should I list this as OT?) > > Anyhow, I was out shooting with my ZX-10 this past weekend at a Dog > Contest ["2002 Skyhoundz Hyperflite Canine Disc World Championship", to be > exact]. This was my first time shooting anything worthy of being called > "action". I had heard about it the night before and said, HEY! WHY NOT? > I've only been doing the "serious hobby" thing for a year now and usually > stick to zoo photos and, in general, animals that don't move a whole lot, > so it was a great challenge. > > Anyhow, here's the point... (and I hate to make it now with Bruce lurking > once again... as if he needs fuel for the anti-Pentax fire...)... the AF > on the ZX-10 was atrociously slow. I mean, it failed just about > everytime. My main camera is a ZX-5n which is in the shop (ha! more > fuel...) but I suspect from the few experiences that I've had trying to > track things with it that the AF on that model is, granted, better than > the ZX-10 -- but not Tremendously better (?). So here's are my > questions... > > a) is this the general concensus with these two cameras, and > > b) how do the other Pentax cameras rate wrt AF as I go up the ranks (i.e., > move up (?) to PZ-1p and the MZ-S)... For example, Is the MZ-S AF simply > "better"... "much better"... or does it blow the former two out of the > water [I'd hope for the latter answer to be honest]. > > OH! BTW, the photos from the weekend can be seen here if you're interested > in such things: > > http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jerome/gallery5.htm > > As a side note, this was also my first time using Print film since I've > started photography as a "serious hobby" [most folks 'work their way up' > to slide film, but I figured "Hey, why wait?"]... I was in a pinch so I > used all consumer stuff... 800 speed Fuji and Kodak. I'm generally a > Kodak person, but in this case [high speed consumer film] Fuji TOTALLY > blew the Kodak stuff out of the water wrt grain, detail rendered, and > color rendition [there was a lot of greenery, so advantage Fuji]. Just my > $.02US... overall though, whenever possible, I'll be sticking to my slide > film for sure. > > Thanks again, > > jerome > > _______________________ > Jerome D. Coombs-Reyes > PhD Candidate, ISyE, Georgia Tech > http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jerome > > >
