On Jan 27, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Stanley Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was wondering if any K-3 owners have had a chance to evaluate how >>> focus peaking/live view works on the K-3. How far in can you zoom and >>> still have focus peaking? Is it pretty straightforward to implement? >>> >> >> Not sure of the question. By 'zoom in' do you mean like in the review >> function? Can you do that in LV? > > My understanding is that in Live View you hit the "OK" button and then > spin the rear dial to zoom in. But I guess I'm relying on you K-3 > owners to tell me if that is how it actually works (and how close you > can zoom in). > You are right. I haven’t used it enough, didn’t remember that “feature”. You can zoom all the way (10x?) and still do focus peaking. Not sure when that would be relevant. When you zoom, obviously you are only seeing a small portion of the scene, so either you compose with the critical element in the absolute center, or you spend time moving the focal point around in order to do fine Focus Peaking on that element. Maybe in some kind of macro or still life or product shots. Anyway, my quick look says it would work, my quick reaction is that I am not sure it would be worth the hassle. I’ll have to try it out next time I do landscape stuff from a tripod… stan -- 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.
