On Nov 10, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > I've solved the spectacle wearer's viewfinder use by knocking the lens out of > a pair of glasses. Allows me to get my eyeball close enough to see the entire > frame. The built in diopter on the K series DSLRs takes care of what I need > glasses for. The lens still attached is used for chimping. > > However, having just done a bunch of focusing tests, I will say with the K-5 > it is very hard to achieve good focus using the viewfinder with or without > the Pentax magnifying lens; almost impossible with Live-View.
Unless you are talking about photographing a moving target, I find your difficulty with Live View hard to believe. Did you hit the info button to zoom in tighter on the point of critical focus? Since live view is giving you the image right off the sensor, there is nothing to calibrate, it is exactly what the image will be. In low light, I find it to be the absolute most accurate way of focusing. -- 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.
