And less then two hours after writing that, the mailman stopped and delivered a package. I have not much time now left for PDML as you understand.
On Thursday 28 December 2006 13:03, Jens Bladt wrote: > Frits wrote: > I wish the mail man would stop by and hand me my K10D. > > I'm sure he will - if you order one :-) > > I will be ordering mine some time in April - from Germany - TeKaDe or > whatever - hoping it's still available at that time. > I am planning to skip the 6th holliday week, which will then pay for most > of my K10D. This way it's almost free :-) > > Regards > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af > Frits Wüthrich > Sendt: 28. december 2006 12:03 > Til: pdml@pdml.net > Emne: Re: *istD AF > > > Nice shots. You have a very big DOF, which also helps. I am shooting sports > with the programline for highest shutterspeed, so lowest DOF. With a lens > like mine at 150mm that is still f6.7, I am curious what the new f4 > 60-250mm lens will give for results in actual use. > > You have made me curious to find out how the *istD and K10D behave also in > continous drive mode, which gives the AF system not much time to maintain > focus. Perhaps pick a bicycle rider and make the 5 consecutive shots you > asked for, and do this for both cameras. And also compare this with single > drive mode results. > > I wish the mail man would stop by and hand me my K10D. > > Frits Wüthrich > > On Thursday 28 December 2006 09:47, Jens Bladt wrote: > > For these shots I used Auto Selection of focus points. > > Because the boys were a bit away from me, it worked surprisingly well > > (the distance beteen me and the boys didn't change much): > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594200497565/show/ > > The four soccer-shots were taken within 2-3 seconds (according to the the > > EXIF-data) between 19:35:10 and 19:35:12, July 15th 2006). > > Regards > > > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > +45 56 63 77 11 > > +45 23 43 85 77 > > Skype: jensbladt248 > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af > > Jens Bladt > > Sendt: 28. december 2006 09:25 > > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Emne: RE: *istD AF > > > > > > Yes, so it seems. Only in the PDF-manaul this is page 72. > > So, what does it do, when the subject is fixed and YOU move the CAMERA? > > > > It may work fine in theory. But in the real world, the images rarely turn > > out sharp, if the subject is moving. I can say this because I used this > > camera close to every day for 28 months, releasing the shutter appr. > > 45000 times. > > Perhaps the micro chip can cope (which I doubt), but the speed of the > > whole > > > system is still slow compared to the mayor players in the high end DSLR > > segment. > > > > To me this is not very important, since I don't do sports photography > > (perhaps the camera limitations are the real reason for this). When I > > shoot > > > images like these I use manual focus, because I can't release the shutter > > at the decisive moment if I use AF: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72057594101295335/show/ > > > > For pro photographers this is obviously a major issue, since they tend to > > choose faster cameras. > > I plan to buy a K10D anyway, regardsless that it is using the same old > > (2003) SAFOX VIII system. > > Obviously the speed is is not a huge priority for Pentax. Luckily it's > > the same for me. > > > > Regards > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > +45 56 63 77 11 > > +45 23 43 85 77 > > Skype: jensbladt248 > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af > > Frits Wüthrich > > Sendt: 27. december 2006 23:14 > > Til: pdml@pdml.net > > Emne: Re: *istD AF > > > > > > Taken from the *istD manual page 74: > > " > > The camera switches to predictive AF mode automatically when a moving > > subject > > is detected in AF.C (Continous mode). > > " > > > > Frits Wüthrich > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/606 - Release Date: 12/28/2006 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/606 - Release Date: 12/28/2006 -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
