Sure it's possible manually. We all did it that way. And you have the right idea: prefocus on a spot on the track. But it takes practice. Keep at it. In terms of autofocus, the da50-200 is an excellent inexpensive lens.
Paul via phone > On Oct 27, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Use autofocus and choose a single point that you can locate on a runner's >> head as you pan. Set ISO to 800 or 1600 and shoot in TV mode at 1/500th. >> Bingo. > > Thanks, Paul. [1] I’ll have to buy an autofocus lens. [In spite of my desire > to learn to focus manually, recommendations? By I guess nearly everyone’s > standards here, it would have to be cheap—very cheap.] [2] Not possible > manually? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, > men would die from a great loneliness of spirit." > > - Chief Seattle > > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
