On Dec 29, 2010, at 11:50 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Eric, just a comment here. I tried manual focus after i bought my > istD and again tried manual focus with the k10d. I noticed a > difference with the MF lenses. What seemed in focus to my eye and > diopter, was not registering with the focus light/beep. > The MF shots did seem softer. I did find if i used say my A 28 f2.8 > and set an aperture of f8 or 11 and focused to the beep they seemed > better.
Thanks, David. I'll try going with what the *ist DS says in the viewfinder. [I've turned off the beep. Should I turn it back on?] I would be greatly relieved if it turned out that that was the problem. I don't know that we want to try to answer this question, but why would what looks in focus in the viewfinder through the lens be different from what the camera indicates? How could it be not in focus if it looks in focus? [Naive questions, I know.] Not that that it's gonna get corrected now with this camera, but wouldn't that be a flaw in the design of the camera? And I imagine I know the answer to this question, but I'll ask it anyway: If it does turn out that this is the problem, is there a way to recalibrate the camera, to bring focus and what appears to be focus into alignment? Thanks for following up with me on this. Sincerely, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
