Those AF points are a funny business. Some folks ignore then and other use them all the time. I used to always set center point, AF and recompose. I'm trying to get used to switching the AF point. The former may be a better method if you (or your niece) has trouble with what's in focus.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10-12-19 2:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Bruce Walker<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> ... But here's a question for the K-x owners: with no viewfinder focus >>> confirmation points how on earth do you figure out what the thing >>> auto-focused on? ... >> >> I look at the focusing screen and determine whether the camera focused >> what I wanted properly, override what it did when it didn't. I turn >> off all the indicators ... They're distracting. > > Sadly for me, I just don't have the excellent eye-sight required to do that. > If I had the time I'd have adjusted the diopter setting (I'm far-sighted and > require reading glasses) which would have helped, but without a ground glass > or split prism, and better light or at least a bright point of light in the > scene, I just can't focus accurately with the plain VFs anyway. > > I find the Pentax indicators to be pretty low-key and unobtrusive so they > are super easy to ignore when I don't need 'em. I've never had the > inclination to turn them off. (Can they even be turned off?) > > -bmw > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
