Peter, I noticed this in Frank's post too. My A50/1.7 lens is also really sloooooooow to autofocus. Perhaps Frank can share his secret. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:36 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure you have an A lens, my A lenses just sort of sit there when > I try to autofocus with them, (kind of like the K and M lenses)... > > frank theriault wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:45 AM, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> This is why i'm sending my K10D in for focus checking. Last time i > >> used the A 50 1.7 in MF everything was BF'd, not nice like this shot, > >> which i like very much > >> > > > > I find that the A50 1.7 focuses okay, but it's much slower than my DA > > 18-55. Lots more hunting and pecking before it settles in on a focus > > point. However, once it does pick a place to focus on, it's pretty > > much bang on. I just figured maybe that slowness was because it was > > either an older design or because the zoom was designed for digital > > bodies (I don't know why that should make a difference, but maybe it > > does). > > > > Whatever the case, it's wonderful using it as a manual focus lens, but > > I wish there was some sort of grip or texture on a larger focus > > ring... > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
