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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-22-2017, 06:11 AM
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In the first video with the cyclist, it looks like they've nearly perfected 3-d beard tracking. :D
Seriously though, it looks pretty awesome and I kinda wish I hadn't watched those videos. I don't use it often, but I've had moderate success with approaching subjects using AF.C on a k5iis+DA*300 and centre point focus. My main problem has been keeping the centre point smoothly on the subject, a small slip on my part can mean everything goes blurry as the camera goes hunting for a new target and precious seconds are lost finding the subject again. Nothing a few hundred hours of practice couldn't fix. By the look of it, a few thousand $$ worth of Nikon and a few dozen hours of practice might do just as well. If this has filtered down to be just as awesome looking in the mid-price-range APS-C cameras, I can understand some of the roots of brand envy.
To be a little more positive, I'm constantly amazed at how the k5iis can focus in the dark. Using just a weak red-LED headlamp, I find the k5iis+dfa100mm can hit the focus where I can barely discern outlines of the subject in the viewfinder. I'm not sure how other brands compare in this regard, but it's hard to imagine better performance for late night prowlers:
Things that go PEEP in the night by Brian Robin, on Flickr
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