I take off the rubber cup, and slide the diopter thingy until the lines in the viewfinder are sharp.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:13 PM Subject: Re: moment of panic, followed by "phew" - ON topic Ann, this is probably obvious, but center may not be optimal for you. Stare at the viewfinder info while nudging the diopter adj back and forth a notch and you may get a sharper position. I also find it's easier to manipulate that thing if I remove the rubber eye cup first. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Panic moment, I couldn't get anything to come into focus when I put the 30 > year old 28mm lens -- almost 40 years now - on the K-5 . Once years ago I > had to have it repaired because of a focus problem... . so I took it off, > set it aside, and put on the 50... still fuzzy.. nothing in focus. as if I > had the cataract back.. soooo... > > Then I look down at the back of the camera and.. ka-ching! the dipoter > lever slid way off to one side.. centered it and suddenly all was clear. > Ugh. > > The spirit is willing but the brain is weak. > > (yes, yes - just awoke from a nap) > > ann > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
