OK, you jogged my memory. Shortly after my K-3 arrived, I did a shot of the moon with my 300mm lens IIRC. I remember fiddling with the LiveView focus peaking, giving up and going to manual. With that single flat bright element, focus peaking didn’t seem to be the way to go. I couldn't see the enhanced edges.n’t sure how it would work out with a star vs the moon…
stan On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > VERY useful feature for astrophotography. (Focusing on a bright star > or planet gives you pinpoint stars). One would THINK that you just > turn the focuser as far as you can, but most lenses are like Buzz > Lightyear - they go to "infinity and beyond"! > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Stanley Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > 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.
