On 26/12/2012 9:50 AM, Michael Adam Maas wrote:
That said, the D600 shares the D7000's AF tech, which is considered to
be significantly better than the K-5's poor unit by the accepted
wisdom (and probably is, when shooting AF-C in good light)
Having used the D7K briefly, I am quite certain that the K5 AF is
somewhat slower in good light with AF-S, and there is no contest in AF-C.
Where the K5 falls down is in low artificial light, especially tungsten
illumination. It is entirely possible that they have made some hardware
changes since the camera's introduction (I have a very early K5), but in
the studio, the AF on my K5 is worse than useless. It randomly front
focuses by varying amounts, so there is no possibility of doing an AF
bias to bring the focus into reliable adjustment.
I'm waiting for reports on the K5IIs to see if they have fixed this
particular AF problem, and of course, to see what they have coming down
the pike. If there is no new and wonderful announcement in the next 6
months or so, and if the K5IIs appears to be panning out, I will
probably pick one up sometime next year.
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William Robb
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