Re: K-3 and perfect focus

Most of us! Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 4:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-3 and perfect focus On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: Repeat after me: "Manual f

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Repeat after me: "Manual focus solves these issues." Unless you are an old fart with crappy eyesight, like me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

Dan, like a lot of us on this list, I'm in the same boat and have found for some of my photography, focus peaking is a godsend. -Original Message- >From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com >Subject: Re: K-3 and perfect focus > >On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Repeat after me: "Manual focus solves these issues." > > Unless you are an old fart with crappy eyesight, like me. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

It goes without saying that most focusing screens in AF SLRs, not just DSLRs, are lousy for manual focus. So buy an aftermarket screed that's optimized for that. Everyone who needs precise focus should have a Katzeye screen for their camera. Too bad they're going out of business. On

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:40 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > buy an aftermarket screed Haven't we had enough screeds on the Paris Threads? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

P.J. Alling wrote: It goes without saying that most focusing screens in AF SLRs, not just DSLRs, are lousy for manual focus. So buy an aftermarket screed that's optimized for that. Everyone who needs precise focus should have a Katzeye screen for their camera. Too bad they're going out of

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

That should be screen dammit. Damned spell checker. On 11/16/2015 1:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:40 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: buy an aftermarket screed Haven't we had enough screeds on the Paris Threads? Dan Matyola

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Repeat after me: "Manual focus solves these issues." Unless you like nice sharp photos of microphones... :-) Here's a proof set for the band to select from, so it's a bit large. However it will show that the camera did occasionally manage to focus on what I intended

K-3 and perfect focus

I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing a friend's band. I'm going through the pictures today and see that it has not lost the K-5s ability to focus perfectly on a musicians microphone. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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Repeat after me: "Manual focus solves these issues." Unless you like nice sharp photos of microphones... :-) G > On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing > a friend's band. I'm going through the

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

On 11/15/2015 6:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing a friend's band. I'm going through the pictures today and see that it has not lost the K-5s ability to focus perfectly on a musicians microphone. I don't think that's a problem with

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I realize you are being humorous, but seriously - you can use Face Detection in Live View. On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing > a friend's band. I'm going through the pictures today > and see

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

On 11/15/2015 5:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing a friend's band. I'm going through the pictures today and see that it has not lost the K-5s ability to focus perfectly on a musicians microphone. You are lucky, my K5 couldn't focus

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

John wrote: On 11/15/2015 6:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I took my gear out last night to practice with my K-3 photographing a friend's band. I'm going through the pictures today and see that it has not lost the K-5s ability to focus perfectly on a musicians microphone. I don't think that's a

Re: K-3 and perfect focus

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Repeat after me: "Manual focus solves these issues." Unless you like nice sharp photos of microphones... :-) You are certainly right, with manual focus, the microphone will most certainly not be in focus. G On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Larry

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Darren Addy wrote: I realize you are being humorous, but seriously - you can use Face Detection in Live View. All I'd need would be to know a second before I wanted to take the picture. On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I took my gear out last night