Appreciate your response, Zos! Don't tell anyone, but I chose an AF-S setting in the menu and failed to notice AF-C was still showing on the monitor display. It now feels "fixed."
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zos Xavius" <[email protected]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:24:31 AM Subject: Re: K-3 AF-S Shutter Speed PROBLEM? same settings? all corrections off? you need over 1/500 or so to get the full frame rate. i tried this with my k-3 and it worked fine no matter what I tried. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Happening??? > While out with the K-3 this PM, I decided the shutter was maybe lagging. > (shooting in AF-C (H) continuous. > I was using a freshly charged battery. > I went to the menu and switched to AF-S, chose 2 (Release-Priority) and > expected a frame rate at least as fast as the K-5. > Sluggish and irregular is what I heard. I removed the lens and tried it > again. This time it sounded like it might be a rate of 8.3fps. > Tried three different lenses. DA16-45, DA55-300 and DA50-135. All sounded > very similar and none seemed to approached the shutter speed > achieved without a lens. I checked the K-5 and found it at what must have > been 'prox 7fps, with or without a lens. > K-3 FPS-priority (AF-C) rate was very similar to AF-S. > > Anyone else? > > Thank You!!! > > > Jack > > -- > 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. -- 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.
