On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:46 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: I have spent a lot on my pentax gear hoping the next > investment will fix things but alas not to be.
Should clarify my 3 primes the fa 100 the fa 77 and the dfa 50 have been fine tuned and do a great job. I have yet to fine tune my 55-300 which is eq to my 50-200 until i go past 200 on the 55-300 and my beloved sigma 17-70 seems not a s crisp as it was prior to the two repairs. I need to fine tune that one if that doe snot work its back in the bag. Dave >>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 1/8/2017 3:04 PM, Gonz wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Question: How is the K-1 autofocus, as compared to say, a K-5? I was >>>>> looking through a batch of pictures I took recently at a family >>>>> gathering and was appalled by the autofocus performance. Many of the >>>>> shots were off, lost forever. So bad that I started looking at other >>>>> systems like Nikon D500, etc, which reviewers say is on par with their >>>>> flagship D5. >>>>> >>>>> I just don't want to invest in a 2K camera if they haven't at least >>>>> made this essential (to my tired old eyes) part work much better. No >>>>> matter that I have $$$$ tied up in so many Pentax lenses. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> The AF in the K5 very nearly chased me away from Pentax. In fact, it was >>>> one >>>> of the reasons I invested rather heavily in Fuji. I was tired of cameras >>>> that plain and simply didn't work. The problem with the K5 was that Hoya >>>> was >>>> try9ng to eke every penny they could out of their unwanted camera >>>> division, >>>> and every component of the K5 was compromised. If you had a camera that >>>> worked, you were golden, but the problems with the K5 were legion, the AF >>>> being front and center. >>>> >>>> Ricoh, in their wisdom, corrected seemingly every problem that Hoya built >>>> into the Pentax line during their abysmal ownership. >>>> The K1 AF actually works, and works very well indeed. I don't know if >>>> it's >>>> up to Nikon D5 standards, but it is fast, and more to the point, when it >>>> says it has locked focus, it means it has locked onto the subject, not >>>> some >>>> point in space a few feet in front of or behind. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
