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What settings to take Action shots with KX
Welcome to the forum Chloe. I've taken many hundreds of images at horse shows including jumping, ridden, in-hand, and dressage. Of your two lenses, you'll likely need the 50-200mm more than the 18-55mm. You'll need to set shutter priority mode (Tv) with a speed of at least 1/320th second to...
Posted by Mannesty on 23/08/2011 - 21:48
What settings to take Action shots with KX
Hi Chloe, Lovely camera and no substitute to just going out and practicing. If you are a novice to DSLR photography you'll have plenty to learn without worrying about RAW processing just yet. You will also be able to take more photos at speed with jpeg only to start. The advice on shutter s...
Posted by wvbarnes on 23/08/2011 - 22:57
What settings to take Action shots with KX
If you select Sport mode on the top dial this will automatically go for fastest shutter speed anyway and constantly refocus for you rather than just as you use the first pressure ont he shutter. Look for the focus lock light in your viewfinder. Nothing wrong with using these quick modes to start! Th...
Posted by Mannesty on 24/08/2011 - 09:41
What settings to take Action shots with KX
The Moving Object selection (man running symbol) also puts the camera into the higher speed of the continous shooting modes. You can do this with an up click of the four way controller of course but this then takes you to a lot of options for a beginner. No disrespect meant to ny experienced readers...
Posted by wvbarnes on 24/08/2011 - 10:37
What settings to take Action shots with KX
Chloe - I bought my Kx in April and it is the most wonderful camera and you'll have a lot of fun with it. I think it's a good idea to practise first and see for yourself what the different settings do. There are so many variations - I'm still trying to get to grips with it all myself and I've take...
Posted by Blaze on 24/08/2011 - 10:47
What settings to take Action shots with KX
Hi, well thats a lot of information to digest!! Thank you all for being so concise but understandable...I am going to try and practise out of competition, as suggested as I would be gutted if I missed a crucial shot! But I think I am going to try out of preset mode (God help me), but you are right t...
Posted by chloe on 24/08/2011 - 15:27
What settings to take Action shots with KX
If you read through tutorial that Stefan posted earlier, you'll have a better understanding of how to make a correct exposure using the combination of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. These are the only settings that affect the exposure. Too slow a shutter speed, you'll get motion blur. Panning...
Posted by Mannesty on 25/08/2011 - 08:11
Member stats gone haywire . . .
Odd. I just checked again, and it's all back again.
Posted by Mannesty on 23/08/2011 - 22:58
Member stats gone haywire . . .
I think I've worked out what happened. I had previously searched for members starting with M, so I hit the M tab, did my search, found what I wanted, then went back to looking at posts. When I went back to 'Members Search' > Forum Posts > descending > Go, I did not notice at the time that all th...
Posted by Mannesty on 24/08/2011 - 09:34
Copy stand P
Not the Spotmatic era as far as I can tell. There were Copy Stands MkI and MkII but no others are listed in my Asahi Pentax manual. If I find anything I'll come back to this later.
Posted by johnriley on 26/08/2011 - 16:04
Not For Sale anymore
I like Giorgio's idea. However I think potential buyers can be a bit more proactive in reading back through sales threads to work out what has sold and what hasn't. If it's still genuinely unclear whether the item has been sold, send a PM. If you want an item it's hardly a major chore.
Posted by Pentaxophile on 29/08/2011 - 23:39
How to capture subjects running towards you?
My favourite photographic subjects are my children. For some time I've been trying, without success, to capture a great photo of one or more of them running towards me. I get quite a few natural opportunities to try this but I never seem to have the opportunity to pre-focus on a specific point. I...
Posted by Epithet Man on 30/08/2011 - 20:56
How to capture subjects running towards you?
Focus on a point is the only sure way, and just wait for them to run through that point. Alternatively, small aperture, fast shutter speed, high ISO and don't bother to focus at all. This last method will work best with wider lenses where ther'e a bit of DOF to play with.
Posted by johnriley on 30/08/2011 - 21:19
How to capture subjects running towards you?
Any tips, or am I wasting my time with the auto-focus on the K10D? Sadly you're. I did manage though getting the candid shots when they were playing while i use the K10D and the DA*50-135. It can be done but it's not great way of doing it. It's really a hit and a lot off miss.
Posted by Anvh on 30/08/2011 - 21:28
How to capture subjects running towards you?
Set the camera on continuous focus and on continuous shooting mode. Get the kids to run towards you and just keep your finger on the button. The K10 will shoot in fast bursts and sure as hell some of the the frames will be sharp. It gets better with plenty of practise. David
Posted by davidtrout on 30/08/2011 - 21:33
How to capture subjects running towards you?
OK, will give these ideas a try next time the opportunity arises. My default settings are for continuous focus and continuous shooting, but I always forget about the continuous shooting mode (until I accidently keep my finger down for too long and take multiple shots :oops:) EM
Posted by Epithet Man on 30/08/2011 - 21:42
How to capture subjects running towards you?
Try 'catch in focus'? Check out this post. https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/catch-in-focus--9499
Posted by JohnX on 31/08/2011 - 10:02
SRS Customer Service.
How's this for service? Ordered my K5 from SRS yesterday at 13.45 and it was delivered to me this afternoon at 13.30, post free. Wonderful! Now all I have to do is charge the battery. It's a long wait isn't it? Thanks to all at SRS. In the words of Arnie S, "I'll be back". :D:D:D
Posted by merryhampton on 30/12/2011 - 15:26
Extension Tubes
Thanks Mike-P I feel better for knowing that, I am a bit new to this DSLR stuff, I will have to play. I will get back another day. Regards Alan :roll::D
Posted by Dampier1 on 07/09/2011 - 16:49
music
Just had Thomas Dolby on in the car (driving back from dropping son off at Scout camp). Time now for a wee whisky and either Steely Dan or Richard Hawley on the PC whilst grazing the gallery. Haven't decided which yet :roll:
Posted by Northgrain on 09/09/2011 - 22:06
