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First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Just looking at the bif shots you've posted in the Gallery, are you using centre focus? If so, it's really only the blackbird shot that has the target dead-centre. Could it be that focus mode on your K50 is set up differently to how your Canon was? JohnX, I started out using spot focus but th...
Posted by Gedski on 18/10/2014 - 14:43
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
It could be we are both on the same page, but 'spot' and 'centre weighted' refers to metering; I'm talking focus :)
Posted by JohnX on 18/10/2014 - 15:36
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
[quote:3496ace15f="JohnX"]It could be we are both on the same page, but 'spot' and 'centre weighted' refers to metering; I'm talking focus :)[/quote Oops! I wonder if that is part of my problem. I'm a little confused about how to set up metering as distinct from focusing, if you see what I mean. ...
Posted by Gedski on 18/10/2014 - 18:15
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
On a camera there is generally speaking Spot metering, partial metering, centre weighted, and evaluative (they're the 4 I know best) With focusing it's a case of choosing how many points and which points you use. You could choose just one point, albeit on any of the Red Arrows in what Mrs S calls ...
Posted by spinno on 18/10/2014 - 19:27
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Agree, I have a K-30 and there are centre modes for both metering and focussing. With both you have to be right on the centre with your target for it to meter and focus from it correctly. Frankly I find birding on the Pentax tricky, and focus systems and smarts (such as tracking/predictive) quit...
Posted by richandfleur on 19/10/2014 - 05:06
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Wow! walt and richandfleur. Thank you very much for the information. I shall come back to it after the 'footy' on the tv. For now, I've been out this morning and took 218 shots. Of these around 190 were BIF. I got only around five in focus. I have posted my best 'still' and 'moving' shots, only o...
Posted by Gedski on 19/10/2014 - 12:39
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Ok! Back again. walt. I now have metering set to centre weighted and AF focus to spot. I also have seen the shadow and put mine onto medium, does that make sense? Thanks for the assistance. richandfleur. Birds in flight. I have only got to this stage early this afternoon. 1. I have turned ...
Posted by Gedski on 19/10/2014 - 18:39
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I now have metering set to centre weighted and AF focus to spot. I'd try setting focus to AF [5 AF points]-see page 104 of the manual. Unless you can hold your 'target' in the dead-centre of the viewfinder whilst panning then you'll likely miss focus using 'spot'. Looking at your photos in...
Posted by JohnX on 19/10/2014 - 22:42
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Yeah if only the very centre focus point is used then it simply has to be on the object in question, likewise with metering. I agree with JohnX that the auto 5 is definitely worth a go. For something very small then full autofocus is likely to nail the background or sky most of the time, so you do...
Posted by richandfleur on 20/10/2014 - 01:25
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Birds in flight are tricky at the best of times, but AF isn't perhaps the best way to go. Considering the distances involved and the ability to pre-focus on an area, I've had far better success using manual focus. In some instances, such as using the Q with a DA lens, there's only the manual focu...
Posted by johnriley on 20/10/2014 - 10:55
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Birds in flight are tricky at the best of times, but AF isn't perhaps the best way to go. Considering the distances involved and the ability to pre-focus on an area, I've had far better success using manual focus. In some instances, such as using the Q with a DA lens, there's only the manual focu...
Posted by Blythman on 20/10/2014 - 11:28
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I worked with a professional wildlife photographer for a day and his best advice for photographing flying birds was "If the bird is against a clear sky use as many focus points as you have, if the bird is against a background (trees, grass etc. then stick to centre point autofocus and try to stay on...
Posted by michaelblue on 20/10/2014 - 11:45
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I do agree there are exceptions. Tweaking of focus is often required because of the clutter of branches, when birds are in the bush. Manual focus is also handy when there is a defined path from say a branch to a feeder at relatively close distances. But try that and see what the keeper rate is ...
Posted by Blythman on 20/10/2014 - 12:06
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
with regards to your post please see extract from my recent post regarding shooting birds in flight with a K3; Link Posted 19/09/2014 - 23:39 hi All, I' m on my 2nd K3,; not comfortable , the cameras will have a significant amount of serious work. I am committed to a Pentax and have inve...
Posted by Daronl on 20/10/2014 - 19:48
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Daronl, Your post is of immense importance to myself. Yesterday my camera manifested two faults. As a result it has been returned and I am not going to get another Pentax. I have chosen something else. Over the weekend I shot literally hundreds of shots of BIF and have no more than twenty...
Posted by Gedski on 21/10/2014 - 08:40
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Daronl, Your post is of immense importance to myself. Yesterday my camera manifested two faults. Out of interest, what were the faults please? Mine has suffered from a weird mirror half lockup fault, twice now, very odd and cleared by shooting a few shots with no lenses attached. The ...
Posted by richandfleur on 21/10/2014 - 09:05
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
richandfleur, the faults are. 1. Unable to access 'M' mode. 2. 'Tav' mode takes up it's own space and that of 'M' mode. 3. Firmware confirmed as installed correctly but it has not. All faults confirmed by seller and instructed to return. Blythman, I agree with all that you say. However, I...
Posted by Gedski on 21/10/2014 - 12:41
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Daronl, Your post is of immense importance to myself. Yesterday my camera manifested two faults. Out of interest, what were the faults please? Mine has suffered from a weird mirror half lockup fault, twice now, very odd and cleared by shooting a few shots with no lenses attached. The ...
Posted by walt on 21/10/2014 - 13:02
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Boy do I need help, please. Forgive the preamble but it does serve a point. Using a Canon 700D, for birds in flight shots, I just put the shutter speed to +/- 1000th and fired away and got a lot of good shots. Right thought I, just do the same with the K-50 and Bob's me uncle. Wrong! As you can s...
Posted by DrOrloff on 21/10/2014 - 13:19
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I worked with a professional wildlife photographer for a day and his best advice for photographing flying birds was "If the bird is against a clear sky use as many focus points as you have, if the bird is against a background (trees, grass etc. then stick to centre point autofocus and try to stay on...
Posted by dcweather on 22/10/2014 - 23:47
