Originally posted by gaweidert in the ancient days of sports photography and manual focus lenses, the photographers would focus ahead of where the subject was moving to and let them come into focus. You have to stay ahead of the subject and not behind. Stay ahead, set camera to catch in focus and it may help . It is a learned technique. Do not try to keep them in focus at all times. Set up a series of "ficus traps" and let them move into it. That is how I photographed F1 race cars back in the early 1970's when I used to go of the Grand Prix of the US at Watkin's Glen,
That's how I used to shoot soccer, softball and track and field back before recorded history when I did a little stringing at school sports, and got sent to adult games occasionally. In 1978 I was still using a 1957 Pentax and a preset 135/3.5 for sports, and nailed two vertical full page on the sports section from page:
- a high jumper coming right at me lying on my belly to shoot with no background in the frame, legs arms and eyes aimed straight at the camera,
- The meet winner breaking the tape at the end of the 400, both ends of the tape still in the frame.
Originally posted by jeallen01 Ref Manual focus and CIF - doesn't help if your various lenses have the focus rings in different places and/or rotate in different directions.
In the really dark ages, I read from one professional that the only reason to use lenses by other than the manufacturer of your camera was because the manufacturer didn't make it and you
really needed it for making money.
Originally posted by wolfiegirl Bwahahaha
I know right?! I have to keep on checking the damn things to remember which way is which. Almost drove me crazy lol
A few months ago, I decided to use some recycled M42's on the K-3 on a visit to a local lake. I only took the camera because no one knows what my face looks like, it always has some metal thing with a big glass eye in front of it. One was a third party (and probably third rate) 85-200 lens that was in a camera bag with my 55/1.8 SMC Tak and a pristine Spotmatic F. It zoomed the wrong way and focused the wrong way and to boot, the auto/manual diaphragm switch was the opposite way to the Takumar, too. I hear your pain.