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My pentax k3 arrived last friday ! ! ! Never bying a camera again (i hope) I missed shooting with reliable autofocus, so many more keeper pics ! The kit lens isnt isn't as sharp as I hoped, especially at the edges. Sometimes that looks nice though.

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Nice! 

Which settings are you using? 

What I use for Motorsports (maybe it helps you out) is the following: 

• on the AF menu:
• - Seg.Punto AF con AFC (I always use AFC), its translation should be "

  AF point tracking in AFC": Type 3
  - AF Sensibitily AFC: Number 5
  - Subject recognition ON
  - And I also use Center Point or Spot Small.
  
  * I'm talking about Menu 1 AF, Visor AF (first option on top) and then the submenus it has 
  * Please beware I have the camera in Spanish so I tried to translate the menus in English but the names might be different.

For regular photography I have Spot AF, centre weighted metering (i think thats the name? second largest mode), AFS, single shot drive mode. I use AFS in case I want to focus on something off centre quickly, without moving the point.

For the bird pictures I made a profile: 9 AF points in the middle, centre weighted metering, AFC, fastest drive mode, Tv with 1/1600 shutter.

The people shots I was doing from the hip, 9 AF points, centre weighted metering, AFC, single frame, Av at f5.6~8 for a wider DoF.

I've been on and off with photography for a while so I'm definitely experimenting with those. I'll see if I can try your settings, but I don't think k3 has subject recognition, are you using a K3 iii?

 

also bonus pictures

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Ahhh you are right, my mistake. I thought you were using a K3-III, sorry!