Originally posted by Aerlind Best autofocus mode to use with high-speed continuous shooting? Friends! I need some advice. I do a lot of action photography (specifically of horses), and I've been struggling finding the best autofocus mode with the K-3. I took several shots today at a 1/400 shutter speed (bright sunny day, so light was not an issue) and a lot of them are just slightly out of focus. I usually depend on the camera to tell me when things are in focus as I have eye issues and can't generally focus on things far away anyway (I'm horribly nearsighted and have a slight astigmatism, so my distance vision is crap in terms of sharp focus). I've been shooting in AF.C, but I don't know? I'm new to the K-3, I recently upgraded from the K-r, which didn't have quite so many options! Advice is always welcome! Thanks!
AF results depend a lot of the lens you mount on the K3, I've used the DA*300 on the K3, and when I used a DFA150450 it made a lot of difference.
9 AF points with focus lock on the center point is good (different from 9 points Auto) with AF hold set to Off.
That said, the most critical is to be able to keep the focus point(s) on the subject during tracking otherwise, the K3 will not necessarily focus when you want it to be focused.