I didn't say the D was useless. It's a great camera. Just not the action photogrpahers first choise (some guy asked about a camera for photographing skating). An action photographer would probably choose a camera with very fast FPS, AF, and write speeed, I (still) believe.
Yes football is great fun. And difficult. During this game three goals were scored - I didn't get one of them, as I was changing batteries all the time. Which battery will last a full half-game (45 minutes) in cold (4 degrees Celsius) and windy conditions? I would like to know before the next game, please? What do hockey game or ice skating, winter olympics photographers do? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. april 2006 00:37 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: RE: My first action shots/cold batteries You are full of surprises Jens ;-) I wonder how many posts you have sent the list telling us that the D is useless for action photos? And now, what do you do? You post an action shot ;-D You are a strange character. Coming from me, that is a compliment. I like strange characters. Anyone taking bets on when Jens will post a pictures using P TTL flash? My bet is ten dollars on within 6 months ;-) Nice shot BTW, Jens. Shooting football is hard. It is hard to predict the next move in the game. At least when the game is bad, in a good game you will find a rhythm. Note to myself: I need a set of fresh batteries. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5. april 2006 23:02 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: My first action shots/cold batteries > > I did my first action shots. The *ist D/FA 80-200mm behaved quit well > (using > AF). > My shots were heavily overexposed (my fault) but not too bad otherwise. I > was positively surprised. Except my batteries kept dying on my ;-/ > I don't have a battery grip - and the recharables were too weak. > Would it help to use a battery grip - or is it the same problem with > rather > cold batteries (it's 4-6 degrees Celsius here)? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/123893666/ > > Regards > Jens > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 3. april 2006 17:56 > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Emne: RE: Z-series feature I miss on the ist D > > > Yes, but it's the camera's contrast control mode. > > --- Joe Wilensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does that method use the flash's contrast control > > mode? > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > >That's right. Works brilliantly on the PZ-1p; > > don't > > >know about the SFXn. Nice even lighting, no > > shadows, > > >and much more natural-looking than bounce flash > > alone, > > >IMHO. > > > > > >Examples here: > > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=528842 > > > > > >Rick > > > > > >--- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Rick > > >> And with that setup did you just let both Flash > > at > > >> TTL setting and no > > >> further corrections for indoor shots? > > >> Frankly I haver never used the build in flash on > > the > > >> SFXn alone or in > > >> combination so far, would be interesting. > > >> I guess there has to be a minimal distance of > > about > > >> 1.5 meters to get good > > >> results and to not overexpose faces? > > >> > > >> greetings > > >> Markus > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 03/31/2006 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 04/05/2006 > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 04/05/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 04/05/2006
