On 6 November 2010 22:18, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:02 PM, Miserere wrote: > >> On 6 November 2010 21:42, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I adjusted the camera for all six of my autofocus lenses this morning. i >>> did it with the target I've used before. The moire method sounded even more >>> difficult and time consuming. In any case, five of the six came in at 2 or >>> 3 clicks in one direction or the other. None were dead on at zero. That's >>> less deviation than I saw with most of my other Pentax DSLRs. Similar to >>> what I saw with the K-7. One lense, the FA 35/2 required a + 10 adjustment. >>> I believe the K-7 number for that lens was way up there as bell. I'll have >>> to have a look. I double and triple checked most of them. Checked zooms at >>> full zoom and half way. If there was a discrepancy, I leaned toward getting >>> it right at the longer focal length, since DOF is reduced. I'm now happily >>> dialed in. >>> >>> Paul >> >> How is the manual focusing? Do you need any shims to sort it out? >> >> > I haven't tried manual focus. I do intend to head out in the woods with my > A400/5.6 some time soon. And I'll check it for infinity. I suspect it will be > okay, as it has been with the k-7. The only other manual focus lenses I use > are a K85/1.8 and a Vivitar S1 90/2.5 macro. Haven't experienced problems > with any of them on my earlier Pentax DSRs, although I never tested them > specifically for infinity focus. They're not the kind of lenses one normally > uses at infinity. > Paul
I wasn't worried with infinity so much as with accuracy in general. I recently had to shim my K10D because AF was spot on but manual focus back-focused. I'm sure your camera will be fine, but I was curious nontheless. I'm sure Boris will chime in with his tale of woe getting correct manual focus on his K-7. --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
