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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-27-2019, 11:29 AM
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If I'm taking pictures of my kids playing soccer I'm probably going to do what gives me the best odds, it's less a science experiment and more family history. With the dog in the front yard... probably more likely to stretch my limits.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-27-2019, 09:30 AM
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There may be a little from column A, a little from column B. There were definitely shots in the larger sequence that had grass or background in sharp focus, but blurry dog. I would have thought 1/1000th was enough to freeze motion, it typically is in soccer. But maybe I have a fast dog.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-27-2019, 08:45 AM
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More depth of field gives more leeway for nailing focus.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-27-2019, 04:40 AM
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I get that one of the weak points in my attempts at photographing my dog was me. Possibly also my settings, in that I'd changed to nine-point auto instead of the single point I typically use for shooting soccer. I also made the mistake of shooting wider open than typical for this situation, around f/4.5 instead of f/7 or more.
You can see in the 1st attached photo what the typical failure mechanism was - the camera and I focused on a point behind the dog. That's also what normally goes wrong (when it does - I get reasonable keeper rates) with soccer.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-25-2019, 12:21 PM
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I took about 65 pictures of my dog chasing balls around the yard over the weekend with a K-3ii and a PLM. I have a fair amount of practice with that combination and kids playing soccer. Back button focus, AF-C, high shutter speed, high continuous shutter, TAv. But my in-focus hit rate on a running dog was about 20%. And it was noticeably worse with him running towards me.
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