Use autofocus and choose a single point that you can locate on a runner's head as you pan. Set ISO to 800 or 1600 and shoot in TV mode at 1/500th. Bingo.
Paul via phone > On Oct 27, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > I’ve now had a couple experiences with my new K-5. The first was just > experimenting in a walk in my neighborhood. The second was at a regional > cross country championship meet which the team from the high school in the > community in which I used to work was favored to win and did. > > From the first I could see that I will eventually get to the place where I > can take much better photos with this camera. The second was pretty > discouraging, though, though again strictly regarding my technique, not the > camera. Two problems: > > [1] I was focusing manually. I tried to set focus up ahead of time at each of > the two locations from which I was shooting to increase my chances for > getting at least a few sharp shots, but I didn’t get one. > > [2] It was early morning with lots of shade. The auto ISO setting ranged > between 2200 and 3200---I didn’t realize until I turned the camera on at this > shoot that it had an auto ISO feature—so there was a lot of noise. I had more > success reducing it in Lightroom than I had had previously with images > created with the *ist DS, but combined with the lack of focus the result was > disappointing. > > The takeaway goes without saying: Much, much more experience. Learning the > camera. Learning photography. Developing a technique. Not a lot of time left > for that, but I’ll give it as much as I can. > > Regards, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, > we borrow it from our children." > > - Chief Seattle > > > -- > 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.
