The 17-70/4 that Pentax loaned me earlier this year was very fast to lock on focus with the K-3. Almost instantaneous in good light and quite fast even in dim light. Paul On Mar 19, 2014, at 6:17 PM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all > > I went to pick up above mentioned lens this afternoon. loks and feel > nice on the K-5, however me thinks there is a problem. > I know the AF of Canon and Nikon are quite fast leaving us Pentaxians > hunting and pecking our way through landscapes and soccer photos, BUT, > 2-3 seconds to lock on and focus on a static object.?? Me thinks > that's a bit to slow. > The salesman and i played with it for 10-15 minutes. It did get a tad > faster to focus but it was still painfully slow. I know it will not be > as snappy as my Nikon 70-200 f2,9 VR lens, you can barely hear > anything and it locks on faster than Mike Johnson deleting a cat > photo. > > So, am i missing something with this SDM system. Is it painfully slow > or should it be as fast or faster to AF on a subject as the screw > focus lenses. Do i need to adjust a menu setting or something. > > Another is on order for Saturday > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
