On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch <a...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live >> handheld shooting? > > I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies, > it's easy for the bird to slip in between the sites, or outside the > area they cover. Then the lens starts hunting, and you're toast.
Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? (I did use the camera-selected AF points some during our Alaska cruise and got limited benefit from that; can't imagine getting any benefit from trying to select AF points while the bird is moving.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
