*istD AF

[Mark Cassino]

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 head 
on, or pre-focusing manually to shot some of the dives. But over all, 
the AF performance was fine - I alway brought back a few hundred shots 
after each meet for the parents to buy.

- MCC

Frits Wüthrich wrote:
> 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 
> list. 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.
> Take a look at:
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~wuthrich/foto/IMGP4879.jpg
> It is a 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.
> 
> I wonder what my K10D will do for me in this area. It was sent to me on 22 Dec 
> from TeKaDe in Germany, it didn't arrive yet, can be any moment now. I need 
> to start saving for the 60-250 lens.
> 


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