OK, I will plead ignorance. I didn't know what "focus peaking" is until I just did a quick search and found a wiki-camera explanation. A halo around the in-focus areas of the image shown on the LCD if I groked correctly.
How does this help you if the image is so dark due to the extensive extensions that you cannot see anything? stan On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Mark C wrote: > It snowed a bit this morning and I had chance to test out the K-01 for snow > crystals. This camera well exceeded my expectations! Between focus peaking > and the ability to zoom in on the screen, focusing was very fast and easy. I > was able to get clear shots, move on, get more. Focus peaking is a HUGE > advantage for this kind of work because it allows you to see what is in focus > and fine tune the focus to maximize DOF. It made the morning very productive > - in about 2 hours of shooting I got at least 10 good images. Image quality > from the K-01 seems to be right there with the K-5. > > I put 4 shots from this morning on my blog, will be posted a couple more > batches this week as well: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > Permalink: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/2013-snow-crystals-round-2 > > All images were shot with the K-01, a Sigma 50mm f2.8 EX macro, and > extension. The snow was very variable in size today, so I used all the > extension that I have (about 230mm) for a few shots, and only about 50mm for > a few other. Plus everything in between. > > I should comment that the second crystal in that post was very small and was > shot with 230mm of extension - tubes and bellows. That is where the focusing > peaking really shined. WIth all that extension a finder is so dark you can > barely see, and with live view and no focus peaking it is very difficult to > see what is in focus. The K-01 made it simple and easy to focus on that > little bugger. > > Mark > > -- > 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.
