I've found my K3 and K5 are pretty much the same in regard to how quickly they lock on in bright light, but the k5 sometimes confirms but then misses. That seems to happen in fluorescent light. In extremely low light the K3 is considerably better.
Paul via phone > On Feb 21, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yesterday I was shooting with the 16-50 on the K-3 and my tamron 28-75 on the > K-5. When shooting action in front of bushes, the K-5 seemed to have a much > easier time focusing on the people than did the K-3. I eventually swapped > lenses and put the 16-50 on the K-5ii. > > At various times I tried both select 1 point and select 9 on the K-3 and > don't seem to remember that making much difference. I am curious what sort of > "real world" difference in focus performance people have found between > different cameras they use regularly. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.

