A K-5 will do more to improve your keeper rate than will the lens upgrade. It's the better autofocus that you need. Of course a 60-250 and K-5 would be ideal. I really think that's what you need :-). Paul On Apr 3, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Cory Waters wrote:
> I've been shooting at my daughter's soccer games for a while now. I'm using > my K10 and the DA50-200 I got when that camera was new (I think there's a > newer version out now) > If I make half an effort, I can come away with three to five shots per game > that I'm more or less happy with after a little processing. There's another > ten to fifteen that I'll post out to the parent group. They're not likely to > be as critical as me, they're happy to have shots of their kid, and I assume > they're just happy someone else is taking pictures so they don't have to ;) > The problem is, SHE sees the fifteen to twenty "post worthy" shots per game > and thinks they're "fine". This means that there's virtually no need for me > to spend a grand on a new faster telephoto lens. > In the back of my mind, buried deep under years of obsessive desire for > enablement, I know that a new lens won't make my photos *That* much better. > It's not the lens that screws up most of my shots... > > But, of course, LBA is strong. > > The 60-250 calls. > But it might be the 55-300 that answers. > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
