On Feb 7, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> >> On Feb 7, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Adjusting focus with the K20D is a virtual necessity. Most of my lenses >>> missed by quite a bit with that camera. > > Once I adjusted the focusing screen, when installing my katzeye, I never > noticed any of my lenses mis-focusing with the K20. Then again, I almost > never used auto focus with it. > >> >> BTW, it only takes a couple of hours to fine tune a whole kit of lenses. > > In a couple of hours I could order a K-5, that sounds like a much more > efficient use of my time. Unfortunately my money is much more critically > limited these days than my time. > > I've never quite understood how a lens will manually focus accurately, but > consistently near or far focus on autofocus. It apparently has something to do with the calibration of the autofocus system. Manual focus is only dependent on the accuracy of your eye and the location of the focus screen. The K-5 will also benefit from fine tuning of the autofocus. Very few lens and camera combinations are dead nuts right on off the shelf. That's true of all brands. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
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