We do not differ too much. What I'm saying is, that sports photography IS professional photography. Readers and viewers want close-up shots of football players, icehockey players, baseball players, swimmers, tennis players etc. Razor sharp and caught at the right moment from reather long distances (using 200-400mm focal length). For shots like this the AF of an *ist D is simply too slow 90% of the the time. By the time the focus locks (if it ever will) the picture is long gone. Of course some "slow" sports events can be dokumentet by Pentax AF or by using manual focus. For the latter I might as well use my 1967 Exakta VX1000 or my 1987 P50.
Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. januar 2006 19:52 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)? On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:54:14PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: > P?l, have you tried to shoot into a group of people, vehicles, animals etc. > that are moving with the D? > Nothing good will come of it - even with a F. 2.8 lens. > Sports photography is simply off limits using a *ist D, IMO. > The AF is too slow and FPS is insufficient I'm sure that will come as a surprise to those amongst us doing sports photography with a D - apparently we must be hallucinating. The buffer size is a limitation - I have lost shots because the camera is still writing out earlier images. But I've been able to use AF, even with big, heavy lenses. Not that there isn't considerable room for improvement; I don't agree with the posters who suggest even cameras such as the MZ-S can auto-focus as well as competitive bodies such as the 20D with USM lenses. I've used Pentax, Nikon & Canon bodies at events, and I'm firmly convinced that the Pentax AF is neither as fast nor as reliable as the competition; if my livelihood depended on my ability to bring home the results I would have switched by now. But to suggest auto-focus is unusable is overstating the case.
