Hum okay Dan I suppose I will keep that in mind and know to use it in manual mode on those occasions it decides to act up.
________________________________ Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens My sample of that lens has always been a bit quirky and unpredictable in that regard. Sometimes it just will not auto focus on what i have in my viewfinder, and I have to put it on manual. That is usually OK, but my eyesight has degraded to the point where it is no longer as easy for me to manually focus in difficult conditions as it was a few years ago. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jeffery Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Today while at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum I was using > the SMC Pentax FA 28-80 3.5-5.6 and something odd was happening. I > would be at 28mm it would not focus at a distance but when I would > move it more toward the 80mm mark it would then focus. I am not sure > if something is going wrong with the lens or what the deal was with it > today. Anything close up it would be okay at 28mm but when focusing > several feet or more away it wouldn't focus correctly. > > Any ideas? > > Jeffery > > ________________________________ > Photo Captures by Jeffery > http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4878 - Release Date: > 03/18/12 > > > -- > 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. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4878 - Release Date: 03/18/12 -- 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.
