Erm, at the risk of sounding like a very unprofessional, professional, what is focus adjustment?
Tan.x -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-5 here, high iso samples Thanks. I'll take a look. Paul On Nov 2, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > That's pretty impressive! But my K7 has only 2200 exposures on it, so I'm trying not to be =too= impressed! > > Are you acquainted with the moire-based, live-view-employing focus adjustment technique? It made me stop dreading focus adjustment. > > http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/cameras/1ds3_af_micoa > djustment.html > > Cheers, > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Tue, 11/2/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: P N Stenquist <[email protected]> >> Subject: K-5 here, high iso samples >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 5:17 PM My K5 arrived a few hours >> ago. My first thought was that it was defective and wouldn't >> autofocus. As usual, I'd forgotten to set the diopter to "almost >> blind." Once I realized that I was the only one not focusing, I shot >> a few pics at ISO 6400 and 12800, just for grins. I converted them >> from RAW with the default ACR settings. No additional sharpening. I >> did increase the exposure a bit on the coke sign, since the largely >> white background let it slightly under. Have yet to check exposure >> for any necessary standard comp setting, but it looks pretty close. I >> also have to check autofocus calibration for all my lenses. I hate >> that job, but consider it a necessity with any new camera. Maybe >> tomorrow. Anyway, ere are a few pics. >> All are with the DA* 16-50. >> >> This is ISO 6400, f4, 1/125th: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890890 >> >> 100% drop of same frame: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890891 >> >> This frame is ISO 12,800, f4 1/50th. The camera focused in my nearly >> dark basement: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890892 >> >> --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. -- 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.
