Pentax's standard focusing screens are pretty poor for manual focusing
in low light. An interesting design decision, when you consider that
low light focusing is where auto focus tends to break down. The K-5II
is really good at low light auto focus, but the original K-5 not so
much. I'd look into getting a Katzeye split image focusing screen
before a new, relatively slow, auto focus lens, which you'll be using in
conditions were you'll probably want to manual focus anyway.
On 6/8/2014 6:06 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
Recently I took a bunch of photos in low-light with my K5 set to ISO 12800. The
lens was an A 28/2.8, which I get good results with with good light. After
doing noise reduction on them the images looked pretty smudgy. Almost, but not
quite, like water color images.
I’m blaming the result on poor focusing on my part, which I found difficult in
low light. I’ve had my eye on a 35mm DA L F2.4 AL for a while. Would I have
gotten better results with it?
Thanks,
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