Hello all -
I'm going to go out on a limb here and talk about equipment that actually already exists! And I'm going to stretch even further and talk about TAKING PICTURES with these cameras (do I have the right discussion group?! Should I list this as OT?) Anyhow, I was out shooting with my ZX-10 this past weekend at a Dog Contest ["2002 Skyhoundz Hyperflite Canine Disc World Championship", to be exact]. This was my first time shooting anything worthy of being called "action". I had heard about it the night before and said, HEY! WHY NOT? I've only been doing the "serious hobby" thing for a year now and usually stick to zoo photos and, in general, animals that don't move a whole lot, so it was a great challenge. Anyhow, here's the point... (and I hate to make it now with Bruce lurking once again... as if he needs fuel for the anti-Pentax fire...)... the AF on the ZX-10 was atrociously slow. I mean, it failed just about everytime. My main camera is a ZX-5n which is in the shop (ha! more fuel...) but I suspect from the few experiences that I've had trying to track things with it that the AF on that model is, granted, better than the ZX-10 -- but not Tremendously better (?). So here's are my questions... a) is this the general concensus with these two cameras, and b) how do the other Pentax cameras rate wrt AF as I go up the ranks (i.e., move up (?) to PZ-1p and the MZ-S)... For example, Is the MZ-S AF simply "better"... "much better"... or does it blow the former two out of the water [I'd hope for the latter answer to be honest]. OH! BTW, the photos from the weekend can be seen here if you're interested in such things: http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jerome/gallery5.htm As a side note, this was also my first time using Print film since I've started photography as a "serious hobby" [most folks 'work their way up' to slide film, but I figured "Hey, why wait?"]... I was in a pinch so I used all consumer stuff... 800 speed Fuji and Kodak. I'm generally a Kodak person, but in this case [high speed consumer film] Fuji TOTALLY blew the Kodak stuff out of the water wrt grain, detail rendered, and color rendition [there was a lot of greenery, so advantage Fuji]. Just my $.02US... overall though, whenever possible, I'll be sticking to my slide film for sure. Thanks again, jerome _______________________ Jerome D. Coombs-Reyes PhD Candidate, ISyE, Georgia Tech http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jerome
