On Apr 9, 2013, at 15:20 , Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: >> >> I get that with the Pentax 16-50 from time to time, too. Just won't >> lock focus when at full wide angle. >> >> Happened on the K10D, the K7, and to some extent still with the K5. > > What do you do to fix it? I ran into the problem when I rented a K-5II > (although it wasn't just wide angle).
I've found a dumb workaround is to put the camera into continuous-focus mode. The focus failure mode is always that it zips right into the "neighborhood" of the correct focus but refuses to lock (I get the flashing hexagon(octagon?) in the viewfinder). With continuous-focus, it WILL (if you set the camera up this way) ultimately take the shot even if the camera doesn't 'think' it is in locked focus. So, press, hold, and push the shutter button all the way in and... CLICK photo taken. If you look closely, you'll see that I have the problem occasionally STILL with the K5 - although far less frequently. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
