On Sep 2, 2010, at 13:52 , eckinator wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis
riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I
shot images using both auto and manual focus
On Sep 2, 2010, at 14:24 , eckinator wrote:
2010/9/2 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com:
They did make progress, clearly.
But AF-C, with objects going from or to the camera are still Pentax
AF nightmare.
K7 AF-S is much better than K10 though.
It seems to me like AF doesn't pick something to
Sounds like you'll be talking to CRIS soon =(
Hope it is still in warranty
Ecke
2010/9/5 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
I went out today with my K-7 with the DA*16-55 (been using it for the pasts
couple of days) and half the time when I pressed the shutter button or the
AF button, the
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:45 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
The AF on the D700 is awesome...
DS
Don't remind me.:-)
Dave
On 3 September 2010 04:52, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just
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Subject: Re: I hate my K10D's AF
I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is
critical I hate it even more.
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to
sell my K10D. I wouldn't want to inflict its
On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:24 AM, eckinator wrote:
It seems to me like AF doesn't pick something to follow but will just
randomly focus on the highest contrast item closest to any given focus
point with a slight preference for the more central ones. This usually
doesn't mean faces etc. I have many
Yeah same here, tried that and it reliably locked onto seat backs and
hand rails... faces just don't seem as interesting... you'd think that
if Canikony can do it, Pentax could, too... but we all know this is
not the case. I hope the K-5 will have more AF points at least.
Cheers
Ecke
2010/9/3
Comparing K10D that I have and K-7 I should say that getting in focus
pictures of my girls on a swing wasn't a problem. But then again I also
managed with K10D... In principle, though you are likely to know that
already, you should /anticipate/ and press the shutter release at
exactly the
2010/9/3 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com:
Comparing K10D that I have and K-7 I should say that getting in focus
pictures of my girls on a swing wasn't a problem. But then again I also
managed with K10D... In principle, though you are likely to know that
already, you should /anticipate/ and
On Sep 2, 2010, at 21:00, John Celio wrote:
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to
sell my K10D. I wouldn't want to inflict its bullshit on someone else.
That's kind of my problem, too. I'd need to sell it to a total stranger!
-Charles
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On 2 September 2010 23:19, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
You don't understand. My camera backfocuses like it was *meant* to do that,
even after sending it back to Pentax twice (both times for other problems,
but I asked them to fix this, too). The image will look sharp in the
Actually, I did a version of this and sent my K10D to be corrected. I
included my FA50 which they used for calibration and that lens always
worked well. The problem is that the K10D did not allow different
corrections for different lenses which is a problem that really can't
be fixed by anyone.
On 3 September 2010 10:49, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, I did a version of this and sent my K10D to be corrected. I
included my FA50 which they used for calibration and that lens always
worked well. The problem is that the K10D did not allow different
corrections for
That's a great story. I know the K20D has that capability and the
K10D could be hacked in the original firmware version to do some
adjusting. It doesn't surprise me that the K10D could be improved and
wasn't. You are also the first person I've heard this from. Of
course, that still means the
On 3 September 2010 11:08, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course, that still means the problem can't be fixed, just that the
can't has a higher proportion of won't. ;-)
Exactly!!! :-\
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Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com
Subject: Re: I hate my K10D's AF
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 9:11 AM
On Sep 2, 2010, at 21:00, John Celio
wrote:
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
I've no real life experience with Nikon and Canon bodies in this kind of
shooting, so I have nothing to compare with.
Fast and sweet.:-)
Dave
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On Sep 3, 2010, at 11:29, Rick Womer wrote:
Charles and Mis, you've both posted beautiful photos taken with your K10Ds,
and I doubt you were constantly swearing at your cameras while you took them.
True that. But seriously, now that I have a camera that doesn't require the
constant
On 4 September 2010 00:35, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
I've no real life experience with Nikon and Canon bodies in this kind of
shooting, so I have nothing to compare with.
Fast and sweet.:-)
Hyperglycemic
I think the worst thing you can do is try one of the better Canikons
and then you notice the difference. Since Pentax doesn't make the
$5000 camera, they never have the really high end system to dumb
down for the cheaper cameras. Or, more likely, they just don't have
the expertise.
On Fri, Sep
On 3 September 2010 12:29, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Aw, c'mon, guys; this is getting rather harsh.
The K10D has sluggish autofocus, yes. That didn't prevent many of us from
taking lots of good action shots with it, though (not to mention with manual
focus cameras not so long
The K10D has sluggish autofocus, yes. That didn't prevent many of us from
taking lots of good action shots with it, though
Speak for yourself... :\
I doubt you were constantly swearing at your cameras while you took them.
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've called mine a piece of
On 2010-09-03 5:22, Boris Liberman wrote:
[...] It can be done with K10D but you cannot just
point the camera, compose the image and shoot away hoping that
automatics will automate the rest of the process.
Lock time can get to be a serious problem as the rate of change of
focal
On 2010-09-03 5:35, eckinator wrote:
The problem as opposed to a swing is that from human head level it is
an enormous challenge to cameras with even the slowest turning
carousels because objects constantly enter and leave the foreground
even if you keep the principal subject dead centered or
The only complaint I had with the K10D is my with it AF500FTZ didn't
work with it.
The auto-focus was adequate for my needs and shooting style.
I leave it on AF-C and use the back auto-focus button; don't auto-focus
with the shutter button. Pretty much use it that way to pre-focus where
I
Apparently the K10D back-focus issue is a known problem. Searching
through forums on the web I found that Pentax Canada can apparently fix
it running some kind of service mode firmware they have available. Why
Pentax USA or Pentax Europe couldn't or wouldn't fix it was left
unexplained.
On
Agreed. I think they pushed the camera out the door before they had things
quite working right; issued a few updates to get things working; and then
turned their attention to new cameras. Both of their firmware programmers were
probably working overtime...
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
All too common an approach these days. Even Pentax has to have at
least one new model per year.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Agreed. I think they pushed the camera out the door before they had things
quite working right; issued a few updates to get
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis
riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I
shot images using both auto and manual focus point selection as I was
anticipating this.
AF C or AF S
Dave
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis
riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus...
Oh, Mark . . .
I've been there. I feel your pain. Well, not really, but I remember
feeling your pain.
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:59 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
AF C or AF S
Dave
On Thu,
Probably AF-C knowing myself but I can't say 100%
Thanks
Ecke
2010/9/2 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:
AF C or AF S
Dave
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just
They did make progress, clearly.
But AF-C, with objects going from or to the camera are still Pentax
AF nightmare.
K7 AF-S is much better than K10 though.
2010/9/2, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished
2010/9/2 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com:
They did make progress, clearly.
But AF-C, with objects going from or to the camera are still Pentax
AF nightmare.
K7 AF-S is much better than K10 though.
It seems to me like AF doesn't pick something to follow but will just
randomly focus on the
The K7 can handle that easily in either S or C mode.
On Sep 2, 2010, at 4:52 PM, eckinator wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis
riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly
I was helping a friend use my K20D a few weeks ago. I had forgotten
how craptacularly slow the AF was.
The AF on the D700 is awesome...
DS
On 3 September 2010 04:52, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just
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Aaaargh... that thing
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I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is
critical I hate it even more.
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to
sell
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I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is
critical I hate it even more
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Can you feel the love?
It's not too bad if you have time to practice. My K10D did fine
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I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is
critical I hate it even more.
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to
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