I have to agree with what a number have said sofar. I think the photos are very good. Sort of a PJ view point i think.
As for Nikon and Canon having better or faster AF, i get quite frustrated with my Nikon gear in darkish arenas. It hunts horribly. Although if you want me to compare my DA 50-200 against the 70-200 VR G lens,in good light, the G lens is a hummer. Fast and stealthy Dave On 9/3/07, Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who replied. From your responses, I've gained a good amount > of advisement for my next time out. They all seem obvious once you hear > them, but they were *obviously* the very things I overlooked... > > 1. Use RAW, you idiot! Now that I'm comfortable with Bridge and Photoshop > I sincerely have no reason not to do so. I also bought 2 back up SD cards > (for a total of 4), so I may as well give myself a chance to use them. > > 2. Autofocus Issues... > Sorry Paul, but I've still gotta "blame the equipment" on that one. The > amount of time that both cameras spent hunting was simply unacceptable. No > buts about it. However !!!! ... since I'm not willing (okay...able) to > switch equipment, it does sound like you guys have given me a couple of > good strategies to try. I think Paul mentioned using Continuous AF, which > I didn't even think of for a second (seems obvious now)... and Mark C. > mentioned pre-focusing. I'm not sure if I'm fast enough to do the latter, > but I definitely give that a shot, too. When all else fails though, I > think I may be right back at Manual Focus for when things really start > moving and jumping. > > > Anyway, overall I just want to thank everyone for the encouragement. I was > pretty disappointed with the results, but you guys gave me a lift. So now > I'm looking forward to round #2 which will hopefully come sooner than > later. > > PS, > Brian, you are right about the posed shots. Honestly speaking, I *do not* > look forward to the day that I have to set those up myself. That is > definitely the part of wedding photography that I fear the most. In due > time. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
