Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread eckinator
2010/11/11 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread eckinator
2010/11/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread Boris Liberman
It is Maccabee beer... On 11/11/2010 10:39 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/11 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread eckinator
2010/11/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread Boris Liberman
/seriously:/ You can have your chance of tasting it if you come. /less seriouly:/ But as you said - 30 pieces of silver is gonna be the price. Or was it 40? On 11/11/2010 1:22 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/11 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread eckinator
2010/11/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/11/2010 2:43 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/11 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread eckinator
2010/11/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekel Shekels, especially good ale ones were silver or gold. I can take 30 gold shekels if silver is a problem for you, sir. dang - you have me outsmarted... I will have to call you alec... sir smart alec guinnes =P

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/11/2010 2:48 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/11 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekel Shekels, especially good ale ones were silver or gold. I can take 30 gold shekels if silver is a problem for you, sir. dang - you have me outsmarted... I will have to call

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-11 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations 2010/11/11 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Cotty
Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.  yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread eckinator
2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much lager

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations 2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread eckinator
2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much lager

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/10/2010 2:33 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/10 Ken Wallerkwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations On 11/10/2010 2:33 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/10 Ken Wallerkwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread eckinator
2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. I keep it all on tap. I wonder how much

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations 2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. yeah his sense of humor

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-10 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/11/2010 6:28 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations 2010/11/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Leaving aside Cotty's sick humor (or in Cotty's case sic humour) ... Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-09 Thread eckinator
2010/11/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.  yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive -- 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

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-09 Thread Steven Desjardins
He doesn't have a shred of decency. On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:28 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/11/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.  yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Steven Desjardins wrote: On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:28 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/11/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.  yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-09 Thread eckinator
2010/11/9 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Yes, sometimes his jokes really grate on me.  yeah his sense of humor is somewhat abrasive He doesn't have a shred of decency. But you have to marvel at his ability to keep grinding this stuff out. yeah he's really one to keep his nose to the

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
Leaving aside Cotty's sick humor (or in Cotty's case sic humour) ... the common name for the device in the U.S. is slide. The word slide thus is both a noun to name the device and a verb to describe what is done on it. More formally it is a playground slide.

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-08 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/9/2010 5:21 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Leaving aside Cotty's sick humor (or in Cotty's case sic humour) ... the common name for the device in the U.S. is slide. The word slide thus is both a noun to name the device and a verb to describe what is done on it. More formally it is a playground

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, do you have any photos where Grace is sliding down the hmmm, I don't know how this thing is called - when you climb up and then slide down to the ground? I'd like to see that K-5 manages to AFC (new English word?!) mid-motion? Boris On 11/7/2010 12:51 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: The sun

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/11/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Paul, do you have any photos where Grace is sliding down the hmmm, I don't know how this thing is called - when you climb up and then slide down to the ground? One of these?

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Cotty, the key of the sliding device is infinite repeatability of sliding experience. What you're offering is fundamentally different. Boris P.S. It also explains why your son is doing whatever he is doing with that viking helmet... On 11/7/2010 11:48 AM, Cotty wrote: On 7/11/10, Boris

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 7, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Cotty, the key of the sliding device is infinite repeatability of sliding experience. What you're offering is fundamentally different. Boris P.S. It also explains why your son is doing whatever he is doing with that viking helmet...

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread paul stenquist
On Nov 7, 2010, at 1:39 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Paul, do you have any photos where Grace is sliding down the hmmm, I don't know how this thing is called - when you climb up and then slide down to the ground? I'd like to see that K-5 manages to AFC (new English word?!) mid-motion? All

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread paul stenquist
I've shot those type of slices successfully with the K7 a number of times. Didn't try it yesterday. But the artificial grass sliding hill that I did soot it faster. Paul On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:48 AM, Cotty wrote: On 7/11/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Paul, do you have any

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread eckinator
2010/11/7 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I've shot those type of slices successfully with the K7 a number of times. Does the K-7 also dice or does one need a K-5 for that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread David J Brooks
I think i have mentioned before, that i rarely us AF C but stick with AF S and use a machine gun type of action on the shutter release, doing my own af c so to speak. It worked very well during my equine action days, so i stuck with it. Dave On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, P N Stenquist

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: K-5 autofocus observations On Nov 7, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Cotty, the key of the sliding device is infinite repeatability

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-07 Thread Michael Beacom
On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:48 AM, Cotty wrote: On 7/11/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Paul, do you have any photos where Grace is sliding down the hmmm, I don't know how this thing is called - when you climb up and then slide down to the ground? One of these?

K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread P N Stenquist
The sun warmed things up a bit this afternoon so Grace and I went to the park. I shot a number of action pics. The K-5 seemed to be able to lock in good focus on 7 to 8 tries out of 10. That's considerably better than the K-7, which was somewhat better than the K20D. It didn't nail every

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread Stan Halpin
Nice! What AF setting? Are you pre-selecting the focal point? stan On Nov 6, 2010, at 5:51 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: The sun warmed things up a bit this afternoon so Grace and I went to the park. I shot a number of action pics. The K-5 seemed to be able to lock in good focus on 7 to 8

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread Stan Halpin
Maybe I should have read your comment about spot and continuous . . . ;) stan On Nov 6, 2010, at 5:51 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: The sun warmed things up a bit this afternoon so Grace and I went to the park. I shot a number of action pics. The K-5 seemed to be able to lock in good focus on 7

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread P N Stenquist
Thanks Stan. I always preselect the focus point. Top point, with the camera in a vertical position on all of these. Most are in the S mode. A couple were in C mode. Didn't have much trouble locking in in S mode, so I stuck with it for the most part, but wanted to try continuous as well.

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-11-06 19:06, P N Stenquist wrote: course continuous will allow the shutter to fire even if it's not locked in. (That's the way I have it set in custom functions. Might change that.) With the *ist D and the K10, and even the MZ-S before them, I ended up setting the fire without focus

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread paul stenquist
On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-11-06 19:06, P N Stenquist wrote: course continuous will allow the shutter to fire even if it's not locked in. (That's the way I have it set in custom functions. Might change that.) With the *ist D and the K10, and even the MZ-S

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-11-06 20:24, paul stenquist wrote: On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: With the *ist D and the K10, and even the MZ-S before them, I ended up setting the fire without focus confirmation custom function, too, because they were refusing to lock too often in AF-C mode and

Re: K-5 autofocus observations

2010-11-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Those look great Paul. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 5:51 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The sun warmed things up a bit this afternoon so Grace and I went to the park. I shot a number of action pics. The K-5 seemed to be able to lock in good focus on 7 to 8 tries