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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-05-2016, 03:30 AM
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I think overall the review is fine and we all should keep in mind that the headline "autofocus" has many aspects to it.
Pentax lags behind in % of technical keepers only (!) in AF.C, which is fair to say.
It's very well when shooting static or slower moving objects.
It's very well for shooting a low light.
Then many (most?) people will seldom if ever use AF.C. And as someone who shoots for fun I still do not understand why statistical percentages would have any significant impact on me. 9 out of 10 images I delete because I myself did not perform well.
I once tried a Sony A6000 which proved to get a 0% keeper rate where the K-3 had 40%. And that was just a person walking slowly up to the photographer. But is the utter Sony fail a big deal? No.
So oversimplification of statements does only lower the quality and credibility of everything said.
Then I can assure you that with some practise you can get extremely high keeper rates even with very fast moving objects if you manage to keep the focus points on the target. Since I happen shoot racing horses I think I can say that with some confidence from experience.
The camera is less well in making up for user weaknesses though and anyone liking green mode or spray and pray appoaches (Tony N comes to mind) will not be happy.
Again I think the user review is relatively fair and not something where a reviewer started out with the intention to show how bad something is (it's called "rishiing" these days).
So thank you for the effort.
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