and found that out. If I remember correctly Popular Photography did the same thing
much more recently and discovered the same result. I guess people who expect it to
be perfect will always be disappointed. Most practical engineering is aimed at getting
the results to 'good enough'. You may disagree about what good enough is but that's all
you'll get.
At 09:59 AM 1/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Sounds like Pentax engineers fudged toward focusing closer in and depending on hyperfocal distance to take care of the background which makes sense for most photographs. I would say it is a feature rather than a defect.Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iren & Henry Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My result shows that the AF sensors of my MZ-S in average locked focus at > about 5-10mm in front of the target plate. The result agrees quite well with > the similar testing carried out in the Dec 02 issue of CAPA Magazine, using > MZ-S and FA*85/1.4 lens. Is it due to the problem of my camera, or the > problem of Pentax AF technology? Anyone have similar experience? >
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