Hi Luke,
Very nice photos! Looks like you had a good vantage point. Where you on the court level?
Since my daughter started playing middle school basketball this year, I've suddenly been getting into sports photography. This helped propt me to upgrade from my K200d to the K-5, a major upgrade for this kind of photography.
Could you comment on how useful the DA*200 is for indoor sports when matched with the K-5, as I am considering buying this lens. Also, I'd be interested to hear what camera settings work for you best when shooting basketball.
With the K200d, I had to use my FA77 almost wide open, f2, to get a 1/350 sec shutter speed at iso 1100 for basketball . This last weekend I used the K-5 for the first time, matched with the D FA 100. I was very pleasantly suprised how quick the auto focus was with this lens and how usable the images are at high ISOs!
Here are two of my shots taken with the K-5 this weekend
K-5 ISO 2000 f3.2 1/320 sec
k-5 ISO 3200 f3.2 1/400 sec