On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:36 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not the lens, you focusing screen and "film" plane don't agree. > You need to have that fixed...
Well, the initial testing from my recently returned K10D, suggests that what ever they did, did not work. To accept as is, return, or use my D200 more.??? Frustrating to say the least. Another courier charge. Dave > > > > David J Brooks wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:30 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:10 AM > >> Subject: Re: K20D focus adjustment > >> > >> > >> >I think most lenses will benefit from some fine tuning of the focal > >> > point. Although it remains to be seen how accurate the DA lenses > >> > might be. The kind of adjustments I'm making are quite fine, and the > >> > difference isn't critical for most subjects. About the only place > >> > where it comes into play is with wide-open portraits, where eye focus > >> > is critical. Of course, those should be manual focused anyway in the > >> > studio. But for situations like wedding photography or even my coffee > >> > shop portraits, pinpoint autofocus accuracy is an advantage. "A" > >> > lenses aren't autofocus, of course, so they just sit there silently > >> > without complaint:-). > >> > >> Manual focus lenses should be more dependant on how accurately the > screen is placed, although I > >> do find myself, from time to time, using the AF confirmation with manual > focus lenses, in which > >> case, I expect focus accuracy may benefit from being tuned in with them > as well. > >> > >> William Robb > >> > > > > I first noticed a problem with the A 50 at a small music shoot with > > available light. I focused to what my eye thought was good and ignored > > the confirmation beep. > > They were all horribly BF'd by quite a bit. I posted a sample a month or > so ago. > > > > Dave > > > >> -- > >> > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
