Shel,
I don't know how you set the focus points on the DS, but on the D it's
very easy to move the switch to another setting, and end up focussing on
the wrong thing. Until I realised what was happening, that accounted for
a lot of focus problems when I first got the camera. I tnd to use AF
because my eyes aren't what they used to be.
Bear in mind, too, that the smaller sensor area means greater enlargement
is required (you knew that), and this in turn means that a lens which
might have been only just sharp enough on film will not be sharp enough on
digital.
All photos are soft out of the camera (assuming you haven't turned up the
sharpening), and will need sharpening later.
As for exposure, I typically have my camera set for 1/3 stop
under-exposure.
Good luck.
John
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:12:39 +0100, Shel Belinkoff
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Dave ... Thus far I've not been happy with the quality of most of the
test shots. Many are soft, some are out of focus, lots of pics seem to
be
underexposed, even when shooting fully manual and basing the exposures on
hand held meter results. In fairness to the gear, my learning curve is
just starting.
Thanks for the reminder about the MF/AF switch. I just checked it to be
sure it was set to MF. Gotta find out how to turn off those focus
confirmation lights in the finder. Very annoying and seemingly not all
that accurate.
Otherwise the camera feels nice in the hand, offers good balance with
some
of the M and A lenses, and will soon be ready to receive a strap and
greet
the great outdoors.
Shel
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Buying a Pentax Dslr is one decision so far this century i have not
regreted making.LOL
As far as using MF lenses,the one thing to remember is switching from AF
to MF on the
camera.
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