On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David - > > I just tested my 17-70 @ 50mm indoors in dim light on a K-3. I tried > counting off the seconds "one-thousand-one..." but never got beyond > "thous...." usually stopped a "one..." I can try it on a K-5 tonight, but > mine is very fast. And quiet.
Pleas do Mark if you can. The copy i tried started to slowly focus after 3 thousand so it probably took 2 one thousands.:-)Wehn the rep was trying i could see the focus ring ever so slowly moving, then bamo it was in focus. Dave > > Mark > > > On 3/19/2014 6:17 PM, David J Brooks 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 >> > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
