Wow! I liked that. Thanks, Bruce.
I wonder whether a conceptually similar opportunity exists for the K5. Will try tomorrow (it is rather late at this part of the world!). Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-04-12 23:47 GMT+03:00 Bruce Walker <[email protected]>: > I don't know how many of you have run across this already, but I think > this K-3 AF feature I discovered by accident is rather spiffing. > > You know how, when selecting AF points, you can choose between the > whole enchilada, or a restricted cluster of 9, or a single point? > Okay, you knew that, but let's say you select the small cluster of > nine. > > Now, did you know that you can move the center of the 9-cluster > around? If you push the 4-way arrows you can shift the cluster up to > the top where -- heavens to goodness! -- it is gathered around the > area of a portrait subject's face when you are holding the camera > vertically. Major win! > > Now you can have the best of both worlds: manual selection of AF > points and auto-select of AF point; in this case within a smaller > area. > > I guess I would have stumbled on this eventually by reading the > manual, but so far its spine remains uncracked. > > Happy focussing! > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
