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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-21-2011, 07:37 AM
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I always use AF-S. I just figure that with soccer there are so many bodies coming in and out of the frame that I just don't trust the the focus will continuosly track on MY subject. AF-C would probably work Ok for baseball - but I'm just so used to working with AF-S that I just leave it there unless I'm using a manual lens.
Tim
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-20-2011, 04:26 PM
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Right. I "target" my point of focus in the middle to use the center point focusing, push the AF button to focus on the object I want in focus, and then let go of the AF button and recompose.
For example - In this shot I focused on the girl in the foreground (with the purple headband). Once focus locked on her I then moved the camera so that she was in the lower right corner of the shot.....
Make sense?
Tim
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-20-2011, 01:21 PM
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After learning I could switch the auto-focus from the half-press of the shutter to the AF button on my K10D that was one of the first things I did when I got my K20D. I shoot a lot of my kids' high school sports, and I can't imagine having to "fight" with the AF function being on the shutter button any more - especially when focusing manually!
It didn't take very long at all to re-train myself to use my thumb instead of my index finger to auto-focus. Now I can't imagine ever NOT having the AF button for focusing.
I hold down the AF button until focus locks, and then release - and always use center point focus, even if I have to shift the camera after focusing to recompose the way I want it.
Hope that helps,
Tim
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