Alan, that review confirms my experience with this lens about AF-S and AF-C.
The body is the limiting factor in AF. However this review is from 2017
so they haven't tested it on the K-3 III.
I bought the K-70 a few years ago to fit the 55-300 PLM (it won't
combine with my K-5) and for me this is a pleasant light weight combo to
walk around in nature.
For birding you often need a longer lens which I don't have.
Only if it gets stuck I would switch to a mirrorless system like the
Fujifilm XT-5.
Henk
Op 2024-07-07 om 08:05 schreef Alan C:
Henk
Have a look at this:
https://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/hd-pentax-da-55-300mm-f45-63-ed-plm-wr/focusing.html#:~:text=our%20full%20findings!-,Autofocus,as%20those%20lenses%2C%20as%20well.
Alan C
On 06-Jul-24 10:31 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
Some dragonflies do indeed hover, so you have sometimes one or more
seconds.
The fast emperor is not one of these, but I have earlier taken some
in flight pics in the way you shoot on a racing circuit.
The PLM is a fast and silent lens, however all Pentax bodies (perhaps
except the K-3 III) are weak in AF.
I'm shooting dragonflies in flight in AF-S with single point, because
AF-C is unusable.
Would be nice to work with fast AF of one of the mirrorless systems.
Henk
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