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Focusing
You're not a problem person at all thoramay, just someone trying to absorb a lot of new information all at once. We were all there once and sometimes it seemed impossible! Right, now we have the focusing sorted, perhaps using manual focus by preference. The exposure will happily be sorted out by ...
Posted by johnriley on 27/07/2009 - 14:18
Focusing
So definitely get it right first time in the camera. Somewhat different to today I suspect. If you don't mind continuing this - so you shot film, back to the office and that was pretty much the end of it for you? They processed and selected? Mike Yes, they did that back at the office. You'd ha...
Posted by lemmy on 28/07/2009 - 17:26
Focusing
Going on from this, I took some pictures at a folk festival last week inside under lights. Now I tried spot focus and also had a go at manual focus and the pictures I took with focusing manually seemed a lot sharper than the autos. Is this something other people have found? Is it a co-incidenc...
Posted by andyvarney on 30/07/2009 - 08:39
Focusing
Now I tried spot focus and also had a go at manual focus and the pictures I took with focusing manually seemed a lot sharper than the autos. Andy Basically, with practise and good eyesight, your eyes are a better judge of focus than a computer. It's much quicker, too because you can focus anywh...
Posted by lemmy on 30/07/2009 - 12:34
Which lens to choose?
It's not as easy as that. The 16-50mm will focus using the camera's motor if you don't have an SDM body. It is slightly wider if you like wide angle shooting. It is a pro level lens if you make huge enlargements. The 17-70mm is SDM only. It has a longer reach. It may be more suitable for portr...
Posted by johnriley on 24/07/2009 - 17:41
Tokina AF 70-210
Not sure how to upload into a thread, so have put a link (I think) to one of the offending pics. Maybe it is the way I focus, probably me doing something wrong, but I would appreciate some help. BTW I know this needs some cropping and work doing to it, it is as it came out of the camera (apart fro...
Posted by vickijw53 on 25/07/2009 - 09:23
Ultra wide on a budget?
Hi folks, What are my options if I want an ultra wide rectilinear lens? I'm tempted by the Sigma 10-20 but at £300 used it's hard to justify for a lens I will only occasionally use. As I don't see much benefit to autofocus for very wide angle are there any cheap(er) old manual focus equivalents? ...
Posted by thoughton on 25/07/2009 - 11:34
DA* 60-250 for sports
Dear Pentax User. I am new on that forum and I post my 1st question after long discussione on DA* 60-250 with my Pentax friend in Italy. I'm caming back from the World Championship of Swimming here in Rome, and I shot several picture with my K20D and the DA* 60-250 lent to me. I find very hard ...
Posted by maxofrome on 26/07/2009 - 18:17
DA* 60-250 for sports
Pentax have nothing faster that goes to 250mm. They have the 50-135 f2.8 but that probably isn't long enough for what you want. Your only other option from the Pentax range would be the 200mm f2.8. Sigma do a 70-200mm f2.8 as do Tamron. As far as I know no maker does a zoom faster than f4 that...
Posted by lemmy on 26/07/2009 - 18:59
DA* 60-250 for sports
Shot a football match a few weeks ago with the K20 and Sigma 100-300 F4, focussing was fast and accurate. Shot the Hollyoaks charity football match yesterday with the K-7 and DA* 60-250 and wish I hadn't. In comparison to the K20 / Sigma combo it was crap, took way longer to focus and got nowhere...
Posted by Unlocker on 27/07/2009 - 01:07
DA* 60-250 for sports
Shot a football match a few weeks ago with the K20 and Sigma 100-300 F4, focussing was fast and accurate. Shot the Hollyoaks charity football match yesterday with the K-7 and DA* 60-250 and wish I hadn't. In comparison to the K20 / Sigma combo it was crap, took way longer to focus and got nowhere...
Posted by maxofrome on 27/07/2009 - 08:17
DA* 60-250 for sports
Shot a football match a few weeks ago with the K20 and Sigma 100-300 F4, focussing was fast and accurate. Shot the Hollyoaks charity football match yesterday with the K-7 and DA* 60-250 and wish I hadn't. In comparison to the K20 / Sigma combo it was crap, took way longer to focus and got nowhere...
Posted by aminstar on 27/07/2009 - 08:35
DA* 60-250 for sports
Amin, the Red Arrow shots I posted from Goodwood were also taken with the DA*60-250 (K20) and I had great results from that, but it's a completely different test for the lens. The Red Arrows, whilst fast are always at or very near infinity which is an easier job for the lens to handle. At the foo...
Posted by Unlocker on 27/07/2009 - 09:35
DA* 60-250 for sports
Danny This is exactly what I miss, with regard to AF. You just described my problems when for example trying to snap moving subjects, specially coming towards me or away. I attempt focusing while my kids are running around and moving and although they are not as fast as the football players :), b...
Posted by aminstar on 27/07/2009 - 09:48
DA* 60-250 for sports
Danny This is exactly what I miss, with regard to AF. You just described my problems when for example trying to snap moving subjects, specially coming towards me or away. I attempt focusing while my kids are running around and moving and although they are not as fast as the football players :), b...
Posted by Unlocker on 27/07/2009 - 10:24
DA* 60-250 for sports
Interesting post, I must admit having problems with my K10D and autofocus on the DA* lenses this weekend, the 50-135mm in particular seems very slow in comparison to my Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 and I'm sure the 60-250mm is not as fast to focus as my Bigma :shock:. Trouble is the actual IQ of the Pentax l...
Posted by Mike-P on 27/07/2009 - 13:06
DA* 60-250 for sports
...... SDM is nice and quiet, but it is not fast, and that is the problem....... That is very frustrating. I have bought the 16-50 DA* which, even more frustrating, is it still at Pentax due to back focusing issues and has already been returned to SRS once and they sent it to Pentax again as it was ...
Posted by ericp on 27/07/2009 - 15:47
DA* 60-250 for sports
Far and away the best way to follow focus for sports is to do it manually. With practise it's nowhere near as hard as it sounds.
Posted by lemmy on 28/07/2009 - 17:31
DA* 60-250 for sports
Far and away the best way to follow focus for sports is to do it manually. With practise it's nowhere near as hard as it sounds. I hear ya, but the problem there is that I just don't get the opportunity to put that kind of practice in. With a combo that now costs over £2K I just expect it to be a...
Posted by Unlocker on 29/07/2009 - 11:13
DA* 60-250 for sports
I have come to the conclusion that the DA* 60-250 is just a slow focussing lens. This is interesting. My 60-250 is very fast focusing (GX20 body) - and very impressive in follow focus mode. No matter what anyone's expectations of speed, they would never be able to describe it as slow. Yours would...
Posted by lemmy on 29/07/2009 - 12:04
