Greetings all. My wife and I photograph weddings. We use a bunch of Pentax and Minolta film cameras, plus one original digi-Rebel, and we've just now added a *ist DS, hoping to consolidate into one system.
First idea for Pentax: Allow us to select which four things are adjusted with the function button. I'd like to replace the flash mode selection with metering mode (spot / center / matrix) instead. Someone else might have other ideas. Give us a choice. Second idea is as follows: While testing auto focus, I find that the Canon focuses and snaps a photo very quickly, while the Pentax focuses just as quickly, but then it hesitates a third of a second or so, then makes a few small adjustments to the focus, and then finally releases the shutter. At first I was very disappointed in the Pentax, but then I looked at the images up close. The Canon focused quickly, but only 1/3 of the images were in sharp focus. The Pentax was in sharper focus than the Canon's best image, but it was also in focus every single time. So on the Canon 300D, they give up a little final focusing accuracy in order to gain a lot of speed. On the Pentax, they take their time and do it right. Idea for Pentax: Let us choose between auto focus speed v.s. accuracy. Some people will be happy with 98% focus if they can get 1/3 the auto focusing time. Others will want sharp images even if it does take 3x as long to auto focus. Brian --- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com
