Yeah same here, tried that and it reliably locked onto seat backs and hand rails... faces just don't seem as interesting... you'd think that if Canikony can do it, Pentax could, too... but we all know this is not the case. I hope the K-5 will have more AF points at least. Cheers Ecke
2010/9/3 David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz>: > On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:24 AM, eckinator wrote: > >> It seems to me like AF doesn't pick something to follow but will just >> randomly focus on the highest contrast item closest to any given focus >> point with a slight preference for the more central ones. This usually >> doesn't mean faces etc. I have many perfectly focused shots of hand >> rails and seat backs... > > That's why I *always* choose a focus point manually. I found the auto point > selection on my K10D to be too unpredictable. > > When I took photos of the bike stage of the duathlon I was having to point > into the sun. Most riders were wearing black clothing and their faces were > in shadow, and they were fairly strongly backlit. The continuous AF really > did not like that. > > Part of the problem may be the meatbag behind the camera though. I > definitely need more practice. > > Cheers, > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
