• 05-07-2006, 07:50 AM
    sims
    Pentax *IST DL SLOW AUTOFOCUS
    pentax *IST DL owners,

    Do you experience slow autofocus, with kit lens in action situations(autofocus hunts), as some sites claim. I like the cam and it's affordable for me

    thanks
  • 05-07-2006, 01:35 PM
    cyberlord
    Re: Pentax *IST DL SLOW AUTOFOCUS
    It's no pro sports camera but again it's how much you are willing to pay for the performance/capabilities you want.

    Two things I would like to see improvement on in the DL are autofocus speed and faster more continuous frames. But I settled and I am very pleased with my decision. That (at the time I purchased the camera) would have cost me about $400 more and I decided I couldn't justify the price for my hobby.

    If I was making money doing it I would have decided the other way and gone with the body I actually wanted, a D70S. I could have recouped the difference in a couple of jobs.

    Nonetheless, the DL is a very capable camera and well worth the price.

    Tim