Thanks, Bruce. We (wife and I) just got home from lunch at the lake (went In-n-Out on the way). I took several shots at some flying and/or swimming Sea Gulls and Ducks. It did no searching during that short session. Haven't looked at them yet, but AF seemed quick and precise.(?)
Jack --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: DA* 50-135 f/2.8 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:39 AM > My experience has been the same as Paul's. Wonderful > lens! > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:26:12 AM, you wrote: > > PS> I've never noticed anything odd about the > autofocus on my copy, other > PS> than it's very fast for a Pentax autofocus lens. > I've used it > PS> extensively. Along with its 16-50 sibling, it's > one of my most used > PS> lenses. It's great in continuous autofocus as > well. I used it in that > PS> mode for that magazine cover pic. > > PS> Yours may have had to smooth out the assembly > lubricant a bit. I doubt > PS> that you'll notice any hesitation again. > PS> Paul > PS> On Jan 10, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > >> Just finished (for the moment) checking out a new > DA* 50~135 f/2.8 > >> received yesterday from B&H. > >> Right at this moment I'm in love..so to speak. > <ahem> > >> A question: When I first used AF, it seemed to be > a bit stiff. I > >> wondered if it might just be tight and would > limber up with use. > >> When refocusing with a substantial distance > between focus points, it > >> 'almost' felt like it re-focused in a > couple stages. > >> I just now rechecked the 'issue' and I > don't believe I have one. > >> This is largely a way of releasing a little of my > pent up pleasure > >> with the lens' performance, and at the same > time, ask if such a > >> focus anomaly(?) has been experienced by anyone > else. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > PS> -- > PS> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PS> [email protected] > PS> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > PS> 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. -- 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.
