On 3 September 2010 12:29, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Aw, c'mon, guys; this is getting rather harsh. > > The K10D has sluggish autofocus, yes. That didn't prevent many of us from > taking lots of good action shots with it, though (not to mention with manual > focus cameras not so long ago!). A couple of list members have posted great > shots of auto and motorcycle races taken with the K10D. One just has to know > the camera's limitations and deal with them, such as by pre-focusing on an > area and snapping when the subject enters it. > > Charles and Mis, you've both posted beautiful photos taken with your K10Ds, > and I doubt you were constantly swearing at your cameras while you took them. > > The K10D remains a rugged, well-laid-out, versatile camera with an excellent > sensor for its time. I would not hesitate to sell mine to anyone, if I > weren't using it as my backup body. > > Rick
Rick, It's not *me* being harsh about the K10D's AF. My philosophy for dealing with the AF is similar to my high ISO philosophy: If you learn to work with what you've got you'll get much better results than not shooting and bitching about it. I would never defend the K10D's amazing AF capabilities, but I used AF most of the time and achieved what I wanted. Sometimes I employed tricks, other times I could use it as-is, but I always knew when to use which. Clearly the K10D has worked well enough for me that I never upgraded to either the K20D or K-7. What I *have* complained about is the lack of firmware upgrades. And I will continue to do so. --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
