Under normal circumstances, I manually focus when I can and then switch to specific sensor when I need to. Only in a few cases do I let the camera pick the sensor, but I wanted to see how well the new one worked.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, November 21, 2006, 3:48:16 PM, you wrote: PS> I like the picture of the boy. Nice shot. On the pic of the girl in PS> the helmet, it may have focused on the helmet, which is PS> understandable. For this type of pic, I always select my own point or PS> use manual focus, as I'm sure you do under normal circumstances. PS> Paul PS> On Nov 21, 2006, at 6:15 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Couple more images. The first one I thought I better check out how my >> big zoom works with the K10D. I put the camera on continous AF and >> let the camera pick the AF point. It seemed a bit better than the >> *istD, but I'll need to do more tests to be sure of performance. I >> can say the lens seemed to work fine with the body - no noticeable >> problems. >> >> Pentax K10D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 300mm, Handheld SR on >> Continuous AF - auto sensor mode >> ISO 400, 1/500 sec @ f/4 >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3990.htm >> >> >> >> This test was to see how the AF360FGZ works with the camera for >> daylight fill. This is something that I do quite a bit with the >> *istD, so wanted to see how it worked. In this shot, the fill is just >> a little strong - probably another half stop under would have been >> better. Setting the body for the flash mode is now auto-sensed by the >> body. On the *istD, you had to tell the body to use HiSpeed (shutter >> sync) as well as the flash. The K10D just senses the flash setting - >> less to think about. >> >> Pentax K10D, FA 50/1.4, Handheld >> ISO 400 , 1/125 sec @ f/8, manual focus >> AF360FGZ flash, -1.5 fill compensation >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4027.htm >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

