Got it...
that worked well
thanks!
ann
On 7/29/2013 22:47, Paul Stenquist wrote:
You can use the 28mm on your K5. You have to find the menu function that allows
setting aperture and turn it on. Then shoot in manual, set the ap with the ring
and push the green button to get a meter read and a shutter speed.
Paul via phone
On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks guys for the input on the manual lens stuff..
I've now told the camera it is a 50mm lens, (the Smc A)
but more importantly, I think the focus problem was the diopter setting in the
view finder.. I took off the eye cup and then was able to change the diopter -
and see better too. I have to do some more shots
to convince myself I can keep things sharp... quickly.. it was hard to see the
lines that you are supposed to make sharp. but I think I've got it now. (doing
it with my distance glasses on.)
Derby, re "Zone focusing" - is that the same thing as what I know as
"Hyper-focal distance?" setting it for shooting from the hip?
when I use the 50, I have to set the lens on A for it to work at all
The 28mm lens I have isn't an A series . It worked with an adaptor
on my Rebel... Nothing happens at all - Can't push the shutter, etc ..and
window that tells you how to tell the camera what lens you have
doesn't appear. Too bad, I'd love to use that lens
ann
On 7/29/2013 17:41, Derby Chang wrote:
Love the first one. I wonder what their music is like.
Ann, have you tried zone focusing? Not as easy with a 50, but doable.
On 29/07/2013 10:18 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I went out this evening near dusk for these - it just started to rain.
I wanted to check out the K-5 with a manual lens... if only I could
focus faster I'd have had a lot more respectable shots..
But I like these three - 2 street shots, and one kitty.. (not Ashley
The lens was the smc Pentax-A 50mm f1.4 that I've had since the early
80's. It seems to me there is lots more light coming into the good
ole manual than the DA 18-55.
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662636400_Bg5FRgD/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662602725_2cksxrx/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662619043_R3BZB3p/Medium
ann
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