Doug Franklin wrote:
> William Robb wrote:
>
>> I've had a couple of messages telling me I should really try one of the high
>> end Canons or Nikons to see what their AF can do.
>> There is no way in hell that any AF Pentax would have made that shot unless
>> it is one hell of a crop.
>
> Yeah, b
John Sessoms wrote:
> Second, I hold the shutter release halfway down while following the
> action, awaiting the critical moment to shoot. But allowing the camera
> to select the autofocus point has not proved workable. The camera is
> like as not to choose a point away from the action I'm tryi
William Robb wrote:
> I've had a couple of messages telling me I should really try one of the high
> end Canons or Nikons to see what their AF can do.
> There is no way in hell that any AF Pentax would have made that shot unless
> it is one hell of a crop.
Yeah, but what about the Canons and Niko
ann sanfedele escribió:
>>
>>
> Well the ears fit - but not the high-pitched voice. That would be the
> "real" bunny rabbit - Bugs.
>
But, although unfortunately I haven't had the pleasure to meet him in
person, I bet he moves fast, at least when cycling. So he meets two of
Cotty's requir
Carlos Royo wrote:
>Cotty escribió:
>
>
>>On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>>>perform very fast with that lens.
>>>
>>>
>>Now we need something with tall ears, a high-pitched voic
Yes, I select an autofocus point as well. I usually know where the
main action will occur or where the head of the subject will be
placed. I shot a bunch of pics today of Grace running in the yard
with continuous autofocus and a focus point at the top of the frame
with the camera in a verti
>
> From:
> "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it
> possibly know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point
> then compose type'.
I find for baseball selecting one of the AF points based on where I
think the action is going to
matter of following the action with the shutter halfway down till you
> reach the decisive moment. I leave choosing the autofocus point up to the
> camera.
Two things -
First, my comment was the *istD AF-C is not fast enough for me to shoot
American Football and "Soccer", nor baseb
2006 11:28
Til: pdml@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF
And less then two hours after writing that, the mailman stopped and
delivered
a package. I have not much time now left for PDML as you understand.
On Thursday 28 December 2006 13:03, Jens Bladt wrote:
> Frits wrote:
> I wish the mail man woul
s almost free :-)
>
> Regards
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
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> +45 23 43 85 77
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>
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> Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af
> Frits Wüthrich
> Sendt: 28. december 2006 12:
Quoting William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "wendy beard" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>
>
>>
>> Like this ;-)
>> http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/55471616
>>
>
> I've had a couple of messa
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: *istD AF
> On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>>perform very fast with that lens.
>
> Now we need s
- Original Message -
From: "wendy beard" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>
> Like this ;-)
> http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/55471616
>
I've had a couple of messages telling me I should really try one of the high
end Canons or Nikons to see what their AF can
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>> perform very fast with that lens.
>
> Now we need something with tall ears, a high-pitched voice, that moves
> very fast. H..
Quoting Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Cotty escribió:
>> On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>> I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>>> perform very fast with that lens.
>>
>> Now we need something with tall ears, a high-pitched voice, t
Cotty escribió:
> On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>> perform very fast with that lens.
>
> Now we need something with tall ears, a high-pitched voice, that moves
> very fast. Hwho am I think
On 28/12/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
>perform very fast with that lens.
Now we need something with tall ears, a high-pitched voice, that moves
very fast. Hwho am I thinking of?
--
Cheers,
Cotty
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'll bring the 70-200 2.8 so Bill can have a play at GFM. All we need
> now is a few snarling dogs...
I'll bring a Nikon and my 70-200VR F2.8 for comparison.All of them
perform very fast with that lens.
Dave
>
> --
>
>
> Cheers,
> Cotty
>
>
> ___/\__
> |
On 28/12/06, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I've been spending some time in my back yard taking pictures of my two
>puppies cavorting in the snow. For the most part, I am getting in focus
>pictures using continuous AF. It falls on it's face when my Belgian is
>running right at me an
We we're talking about dogs, not polar bears.
Tom C.
>From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
>Subject: Re: *istD AF
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:30:13 -0500
>
>
Oh my God, you've cut off her ears...
Very nice shot, illustrates your point.
wendy beard wrote:
> On 12/28/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I've been spending some time in my back yard taking pictures of my two
>> puppies cavorting in the snow. For the most part, I am getting
On 12/28/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've been spending some time in my back yard taking pictures of my two
> puppies cavorting in the snow. For the most part, I am getting in focus
> pictures using continuous AF. It falls on it's face when my Belgian is
> running right at me an
Pentax K/M type lenses.
> jco
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Godfrey DiGiorgi
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:53 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: *istD AF
>
>
> This is why the
William Robb wrote:
> John Francis and Doug Franklin are shooting racing cars using
> Pentax predictive AF, but I know that most field sports
> photographers tend to use manual focus.
It's easy to get the shots you expect with manual focus, but, without
AF, it's very difficult to get the shot whe
- Original Message -
From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: *istD AF
Yes, so it seems. Only in the PDF-manaul this is page 72.
So, what does it do, when the subject is fixed and YOU move the CAMERA?
It may work fine in theory. But in the real world, the images rarely turn
out sha
- Original Message -
From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: *istD AF
> True, Cotty - my point exactly.
> When the issue is the AF capability of the K10D - I guess it's fair to
> say,
> that it does not represent a vast improvement as far as action shooting is
>
Sent: 28. desember 2006 13:04
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Subject: RE: *istD AF
Frits wrote:
I wish the mail man would stop by and hand me my K10D.
I'm sure he will - if you order one :-)
I will be ordering mine some time in April - from Germany - TeKaDe or
whatever - hoping it's sti
rds
Jens Bladt
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Sendt: 28. december 2006 12:17
Til: pentax list
Emne: Re: *istD AF
On 28/12/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unle
12:03
Til: pdml@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF
Nice shots. You have a very big DOF, which also helps. I am shooting sports
with the programline for highest shutterspeed, so lowest DOF. With a lens
like mine at 150mm that is still f6.7, I am curious what the new f4 60-250mm
lens will give for results in a
On 28/12/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>True, Cotty - my point exactly.
>When the issue is the AF capability of the K10D - I guess it's fair to say,
>that it does not represent a vast improvement as far as action shooting is
>concerned.
>This camera (or any Pentax camera for that mat
dk
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> +45 23 43 85 77
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> Jens Bladt
> Sendt: 28. december 2006 09:25
> Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Emne: RE: *istD AF
>
>
>
t: 28. december 2006 09:47
Til: pentax list
Emne: Re: *istD AF
On 27/12/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Heck - some Canons use 45 AF points (giving a different meaning to the word
>"predictive") as well as two separate micro processors especially dedicated
>to the f
On 27/12/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Heck - some Canons use 45 AF points (giving a different meaning to the word
>"predictive") as well as two separate micro processors especially dedicated
>to the focusing system (This may be the reason why a lot of action shooters
>are Canon use
ember 2006 09:25
Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Emne: RE: *istD AF
Yes, so it seems. Only in the PDF-manaul this is page 72.
So, what does it do, when the subject is fixed and YOU move the CAMERA?
It may work fine in theory. But in the real world, the images rarely turn
out sharp, if the subje
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Sendt: 27. december 2006 23:14
Til: pdml@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF
Taken from the *istD manual page 74:
"
The camera switches to predictive AF mode
servo mode/continuos mode "predictable
> autofucus" - it's still not very fast, is it?
>
> Regards
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Jens Bladt wrote:
> I seem to have read that FPS of the K10D is a tiny bit faster than the D.
> Write speed is faster and the buffer is larger.
> But the AF system has not changed. It's still SAFOX VIII.
> Your shot is excellent. But IMO it's "more an exception than a rule" about
> how the D perfor
Excellent shot, Frits!
I used the *ist-D for shooting high school swim meets using the
continuous AF setting. Like you I usually let the camera pick the AF
point. Not every shot came out and I had to learn a few tricks - like
focusing on the water in front of a fast butterfly swimmer coming hea
>Heck - some Canons use 45 AF points (giving a different meaning to the word
>"predictive") as well as two separate micro processors especially dedicated
>to the focusing system (This may be the reason why a lot of action shooters
>are Canon users).
>Pentax does not aim to compete with this at all.
inuos mode "predictable
> autofucus" - it's still not very fast, is it?
>
> Regards
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
> +45 56 63 77 11
> +45 23 43 85 77
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>
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- Original Message -
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>>
>>> I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it
>>> possibly
>>> know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then
>>>
> unfortunately. e.g. like the older Pentax K/M type lenses.
> jco
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of
> Godfrey DiGiorgi
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:53 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject
stem - to SAFOX IX or X or whatever.
Regards
Jens Bladt
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Frits Wüthrich
Sendt: 27. december 2006 22:08
Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Emne: Re: *istD AF
On Wednesday 27 December 2
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 02:44:59PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
>
> I'd have to go back to the manual to confirm this, but I recall that camera
> selected AF is the AF point that reads closest to the camera.
I don't believe there is anything in the manual that describes
the algorithm. It certainl
ucus" - it's still not very fast, is it?
Regards
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Francis
Sendt: 27. december 2006 21:12
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Francis
Sendt: 27. december 2006 21:12
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Emne: Re: *istD AF
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 04:
Subject: Re: *istD AF
This is why the QuickShift focusing mount is so helpful. Its Canon
workalike ... full time manual focus ... is one of the details that I
miss most moving to the Pentax system. With both of them, you let the
camera focus as well as it can, then just tweak the focus that
On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:44 PM, William Robb wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>
>
>> I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it
>> possibly
>> know my composition? I'm the 'p
t for sports.
>
> Tom C.
>
> >From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> >Subject: Re: *istD AF
> >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:08:18 -0500
> >
> >On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 1
On Wednesday 27 December 2006 16:47, Jens Bladt wrote:
> Very nice photograph - in fact it's excellent!
> This was not done with continous AF, was it? Well, at some distance any
> photograph is always sharp. Only not necessarily where you wnat it to be.
> In my experience the *ist
This is why the QuickShift focusing mount is so helpful. Its Canon
workalike ... full time manual focus ... is one of the details that I
miss most moving to the Pentax system. With both of them, you let the
camera focus as well as it can, then just tweak the focus that little
increment to n
- Original Message -
From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: *istD AF
>I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it possibly
> know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then compose
> type'.
I'd have to go back to the ma
I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it possibly
know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then compose
type'.
Tom C.
>From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>To: Pentax-Discuss Mai
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 04:47:49PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote:
> Very nice photograph - in fact it's excellent!
> This was not done with continous AF, was it? Well, at some distance any
> photograph is always sharp. Only not necessarily where you wnat it to be.
> In my experi
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:05:49AM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote:
> Frits W?thrich wrote:
>
> > I leave choosing the autofocus point up to the camera.
>
> I don't because with the race cars, I often have to "manage" the DOF by
> intentionally biasing the focus point to compensate for the shutter's
>
Great action catch! It can only get better with the 10D.
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: "Frits Wüthrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: *istD AF
With the recent discussion in mind that the K10D AF isn't fast enough for
football and American football
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Emne: Re: *istD AF
Take a look at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wuthrich/foto/IMGP4879.jpg
-
Very nice photo, F
Take a look at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wuthrich/foto/IMGP4879.jpg
-
Very nice photo, Fritz.
You may find that the K10D autofocuses better in low light.
Joe
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Oh my, field hockey. I was expecting ice hockey!
We had a famous football coach (american) here,
a son of Swedish immigrants who made Notre Dame
University into a football powerhouse in the '20's.
He was a protestant and the University was Roman Catholic.
Football came under criticism as too viole
Very nice photograph - in fact it's excellent!
This was not done with continous AF, was it? Well, at some distance any
photograph is always sharp. Only not necessarily where you wnat it to be.
In my experience the *istD AF/Continuos AF is not fast enough for anything
movuing faster than a wa
Frits Wüthrich wrote:
> This sport is at least as fast as the other ones mentioned, but there
> are not many photos that go wrong on focus with this combo as long as
> there is enough light.
I agree. I don't have trouble with the *ist D AF tracking racecars,
either. I have the 100-300/4.5-5.6 a
With the recent discussion in mind that the K10D AF isn't fast enough for
football and American football as we call it in the Netherlands, I wanted to
show a photograph I made of a hockeygame with my *istD on continues
autofocus, using the FA 100-300 f4.5-5.6, a lens not well respected on this
. januar 2005 02:46
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
You're right and a good example of why Pentax abandoned marketing the
MZ-D or whatever it would have been called.
Jens Bladt wrote:
>Didn't Contax make one too?
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Sendt: 17. januar 2005 22:42
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
Just the Canon, and the Kodak semi twins, (c/n), are full frame as far
as I can recall.
Jens Bladt wrote:
I don't know the 1Ds. But, I bel
Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 17. januar 2005 12:48
Til: pentax list
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
enlargement (crop factor) t
Oooh, good one!
Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
enlargement (crop factor) the shutter speed necessary to "freeze" movent
must be divided by the crop fac
If we knew, could we send them back?
Cotty wrote:
On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
enlargement (crop factor) the shutter speed necessary to "freeze" movent
must be divided by the crop factor: If i.e. a 250mm is
Didn't Contax make one too?
Jens Bladt
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Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom
On 17/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I agree, Cotty. He probably had the camera choose the wrong focus points
>most of the time. Furthermore 1/250 sec. is perhaps a bit on the slow side.
Yes but for what focal length? and at what ISO?? And what was the
condition of the photographe
endt: 17. januar 2005 10:24
> Til: pentax list
> Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
>
>
> On 17/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >Well...
> >Canons don't always get what you exåect. I danish guy wrote this at
>
Herb Chong wrote:
the 1Ds does lock on a subject and track its motion provided that it
stays under any one of the focus points. it will track a moving bird
or football player provided that you aim the camera roughly aimed
correctly. no Pentax camera does this well enough to really useful,
but t
does.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:01 AM
Subject: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
I agree.
But my point was that there's no locking on to the subject. It&#x
I don't know the 1Ds. But, I believe 95% of all digies are less than full
frame.
Jens Bladt
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Sendt: 17. januar 2005 12:48
Til: pentax list
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance
. januar 2005 10:24
Til: pentax list
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
On 17/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Well...
>Canons don't always get what you exåect. I danish guy wrote this at
>Photo.net:
>
>Can anybody help. I have j
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
On 17/1/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>>>T answer his question: Yes, there&
Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Cotty"
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
I mean for crying out loud, it's a 1Ds - there *is no crop factor*
involved - it's a full frame camera. What planet do these people come
from ?
Uranus.
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty"
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens
comments)
I mean for crying out loud, it's a 1Ds - there *is no crop factor*
involved - it's a full frame camera. What planet do these people
come from ?
Ur
On 17/1/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
enlargement (crop factor) the shutter speed necessary to "freeze" movent
I thought Jens shoots Pentax! ;-)))
better shoot with Pentax than being shot by Canon ;-)
Bedo.
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Cotty wrote:
> >Well cut the fellow a little slack, Cotty. Perhaps he just isn't too
> >bright. After all, he *is* a Canon user. ;-)
>
> ARGHH
>
> Point taken LOL
I thought Jens shoots Pentax! ;-)))
Kostas
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>>T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
>>>enlargement (crop factor) the shutter speed necessary to "freeze" movent
>>>must be divided by the crop factor: If i.e. a 250mm is used:
On 17/1/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>T answer his question: Yes, there's is a difference. Due to the grater
>>enlargement (crop factor) the shutter speed necessary to "freeze" movent
>>must be divided by the crop factor: If i.e. a 250mm is used: 1/250 divided
>>by i.e. 1.5 = 1/375 sec
On 17/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Well...
>Canons don't always get what you exåect. I danish guy wrote this at
>Photo.net:
>
>Can anybody help. I have just been to Miami to shoot for a danish magazine
>and around all my photos (90%) is out of focus ? i use a EOS 1Ds camara and
>
Well...
Canons don't always get what you exåect. I danish guy wrote this at
Photo.net:
Can anybody help. I have just been to Miami to shoot for a danish magazine
and around all my photos (90%) is out of focus ? i use a EOS 1Ds camara and
with EF 24-70 L USM - EF 100 USM macro and a 70-200 L USM IS
else-
Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 17. januar 2005 01:33
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
every time isn't the issue. 90% is good enough to make not using it when
available stupid.
Herb...
- Original Messa
every time isn't the issue. 90% is good enough to make not using it when
available stupid.
Herb...
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From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom
this is the reason for my original comments. i know the 1D can do this. i've
seen the photographic results.
Herb
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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list"
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: *istD AF perf
I wouldn't be sure the D1 would focus/refocus at the same object every time!
Jens Bladt
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. januar 2005 14:22
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *is
On 16/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I handled one of the very first five Canon D1's, when they first came to
>Europe (2001?) at a Canon presentation in Cork, Ireland. It had 45 focus
>points. The viewfinder was totally covered with focus points - they lit up
>like the neon lights
05 09:21
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Emne: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
Yes. ...what they all will say, in order to sell. Don't believe everything
you read in an ad!
I guess tracking describes the currently available AF functions better than
locking.
Wha
em combined
with computerized optical recognition.
Jens Bladt
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. januar 2005 00:53
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zo
tracking and locking are the same thing in most manufacturer's literature.
Herb
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From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 6:43 PM
Subject: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
et2net.dk/bladt
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Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. januar 2005 00:04
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
the Nikon and Canon cameras can track an object wandering across the FOV
once it has acqu
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To:
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
> But _as Jens said_ it is not the same as locking on in weaponry, which
> is an "active" system compared to autofocus. Not the corr
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To:
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
Herb Chong wrote:
you obviously haven't done any lately then. even the *istD locks onto
flying
birds. and it's one of the slowest out there nowadays at continuous AF.
That's not the same as "locking on".
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
> Herb Chong wrote:
> > you obviously haven't done any lately then. even the *istD
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
In any case, I suspect Jens is saying that "locking on" in (autofocus)
photography is not the same as "locking on" using guided wea
you obviously haven't done any lately then. even the *istD locks onto flying
birds. and it's one of the slowest out there nowadays at continuous AF.
Herb...
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:5
ge focus if
the photographer breathes.
mike
Herb
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From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:19 AM
Subject: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
Cameras cannot lock on to anything. Like an electronic
ash/
Herb
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From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:19 AM
Subject: RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)
> Cameras cannot lock on to anything. Like an electronic weapon system in an
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