Thanks, Jack! On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ya' did good, Christine. Crisp and interesting set of action shots. > All involved, including parents, should be very pleased. > > Jack > > --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > >> From: Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> >> Subject: GESO: Field Day, or... how I made friends with AF-C >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:00 AM >> Yesterday, I volunteered at my >> daughter's school to take photos of the >> 3rd graders at field day. For the uninitiated, Field >> Day is a day of >> fun & games at the end of the school year. Back >> when I was a kid, >> events included the three-legged race, maybe a game of >> kickball, and >> popsicles for all. These days, you need an army of >> parents to >> organize a plethora of outdoor activities, water games, a >> DJ, bouncy >> houses, a BBQ, *a professional Simon Says guy*, t-shirts, >> and of >> course, photographers. But, I digress... >> >> I took the k-7, and the 50-135. It was a cloudy day >> with off & on >> showers. (Hooray for weatherproofing!) The goal >> was to capture each >> kid in action... I started out by pre-focusing on a spot >> & waiting for >> a kid to arrive... by the end of the day, I worked up to >> pre-selecting >> a focus point, and using AF-C to track & shoot. I >> was pleasantly >> surprised with the results. The only images that >> didn't work this way >> were due to user error (mis-placing the focus point, or >> poorly >> framed), or closed eyes... >> >> Nothing ground-breaking here, but a few of the keepers: >> https://picasaweb.google.com/crapmgt/FieldDay?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7Pieil5LLR5wE# >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> 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. >
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