Just one additional point that some may not be aware of (owners will again need to confirm this for me) but the 4 way buttons on the K-3 are allegedly 8-way buttons: If you depress two consecutive buttons at the same time you move diagonally.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2014, at 6:29 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> on 2014-01-27 23:47 Stanley Halpin wrote >>> 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... >> >> on my partner's older Panasonic GH1, which doesn't have focus peaking, you >> can easily move the area that is zoomed for manual focusing, so you don't >> have to center the desired critical focus target >> >> can't the K3 do that? >> > > Yes, you can zoom and move the zoomed window around using the 4-way buttons. > Which creates two potential problems IMHO. First is that it is a time > consuming and for me frustrating process to drag a tiny window around trying > to find the exact spot where you absolutely need critically sharp focus. So > zoom in partially, move the window, zoom some more. I am glad to have the > capability, I will probably use it to advantage in macro applications, but it > will take quite a bit of practice before I am comfortable with it. The other > possible issue is that all of this button pushing may well joggle the camera > unless you have it locked down to the max on a rock-solid tripod. The > movement of course will mean that you need to start over... > > One aspect I don't care for: > I would like to be using a mix of autofocus and manual. So if I lose my way > while searching for the key point of focus, a quick tap on the AF button will > give me the camera's focus solution to start (over) from. Kinda like the > green button will get you back to the programmed exposure solution. However, > the LV focus-peaking mechanism doesn't seem to remember how far I was zoomed > or what portion of the scene I had under the zoom window. So the AF-button > tap takes me all the way back to the full-view start point. I would like an > option to have the zoom information retained in memory until I tell it I want > to go back to start. Like happens now if you zoom in during image review, > then advance to another image. There may be such an option, I haven't found > it. > > 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.
