On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Jens wrote: > > Sorry - I was wrong! > I forgot that I can fix the focus point to the chosen one by pressing and > holdning the OK button down. But it's still annoying, that the focus point > selection button i built into the four "Fn" buttons, instead of having it's > own switch board. > I know some camera reviews have had the same complaint. > I think the focus point selection is one of the most important/used switches > on a camera - next to the ON/OFF and the Focus/Relase, button, this is the > most important switch. > > When I do studio portraits, I often use the focus selection to help focus > correctly - which means I can still use AF for portraits, otherwise it would > be impossible to do portraits with the camera on a tripod, since the eye(s) > of the model very rarely are placed in the centre of the frame.
I use focus selection all the time. The select switch become easy to use with practice. Even using select, I don't think I could properly place the selection point on a model's eye with the camera on a tripod. I never shoot on a tripod in the studio when working with a model. It makes spontaneous framing impossible. With the speed of flash exposures, I find it totally unnecessary. Paul > > Regards > Jens > > > I have one small complaint :-) > I think that the way to choose focusing point is actually improved, compared > to the K-7. Whith the K-5 Pentax has fixed this problem (with having to > pressing the OK button too often). But this fix has caused a new problem: I > have to change the focus selection method to either Centre Point or Auto (I > have to get away from Select before I can access the menues for WB, Flash > etc. I think the K20D has a better solution - the Fn button, which came from > the *ist DL. I still miss the Fn button. > > Regards > Jens > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Mar 10, 2011 10:20 "SV Hovland" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I see there is almost no complaints now on the pentaxforums and >> dpreview about K-5. What a strange situation :-) >> Stig Vidar Hovland >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> Fra: [email protected] [[email protected]] på vegne av >> Phil Northeast [[email protected]] >> Sendt: 10. mars 2011 06:34 >> Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Emne: K-5 firmware v1.03 >> >> this is the latest firmware update for the K-5. >> >> according to Pentax it provides: >> Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light >> condition. >> >> http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html >> >> Phil >> >> -- >> 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.
