Originally posted by mikknu A big thanks for all the great replies. Have previously been lead to believe that 5/11 point autofocus was always a bad choice but now I am definitely going to try them out a second time. Will also have to try out the manual and pre-focus method, just sounds like it will be hard when you are untrained in it.
I'm a bit sad that I keep hearing how Pentax autofocus system is less accurate compared to the other brands. Heard Nikon is best for moving objects, but it is a lot of money to invest in another brand only to use it for action photography.
Nikon is the best but the pentax is no slouch. You can genraly be far more accurate with the Nikon because the focus point are about one sixth the
size too. As long as you pick a reasonable size thing to focus on in the first place the K5 is both fast and accurate.
Pre focus method is far easier than it sounds too. Its not always possable though. If you were taking pics of a 100 meter race, and you wanted
to catch that winner breaking that ribbon, prefocussing on that ribbon and hitting that shutter at the right moment will almost certainly beat shooting
10 frames a second, which could miss that precise frame even at that speed. People have been taking sports pics long before autofocus