On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:44 , Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What lens are you using, Jack? My 16-50 is starting to give a >> "frozen" response, ie: won't take a pic when pressing the shutter... >> but I that appears to be an AF problem. The dreaded SDM failure, >> perhaps? Sigh. It's always something. (... and sometimes it's just a >> k-7...) >> > > I've had this issue on-and-off with my K10D and my K7. When the 16-50 is at > full wide, pressing the shutter release halfway will give a hearty first bump > to approximate focus, and then the camera will just sit there and do > nothing... not achieving lock. > > My "fix" for this has been to switch the focus mode from single to continuous > - since the shutter will ALWAYS release when you press it all the way in CF > mode, it just takes the picture without all of the focus fine-tuning.
Huh. Well, my 16-50 doesn't even have the decency to pretend to make the effort to focus. It just sits there, doing nothing, as I get increasingly annoyed. But, I focus with the back AF button.. I wonder if that makes any difference here? And I am usually set to AF-C... on the k-5 you can select if you want to prioritize focus or fps in AF-C, btw... I'm set to fps right now, so it should go off, as you say... Congrats on the new k-5, you will enjoy it! I saw your photo of the k-7, too -- impressive wear! If you do decide to keep it, I doubt you will mistake it for the k-5, as I did, anytime soon! :) -c -- 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.
