The adjustments would only be similar if the two cameras were absolutely the same. Tolerances will be different from body to body and lens to lens, so you'd want to calibrate each lens to each body.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I have been thinking of posting a related question. When you determine the > per lens focus adjustment for a lens on one camera, does that number tend to > work on another camera, perhaps with a slight offset. > > For example if on camera 1 you have > lens A +5 > lens B +2 > lens C -1 > > would you use the same numbers? Or if lens A works out to be +4, could you > assume that the corrections would be > lens A +4 > lens B +1 > lens C -2 > > Or do they end up just being totally random? > > > Rick Womer wrote: >> >> I am trying to sort out soft focus on my K-5 (especially with my 16-45/4 >> lens), and would appreciate some help. >> >> I put my camera on a tripod, used the picket fence in our back yard as a >> target (with a card with an X sticking out), and shot repeated frames with 3 >> lenses (40/2.8 Ltd, DA 16-45, and DA 50-200) using live view (LV) or >> viewfinder (VF) autofocus. The focal length of the 16-45 was set at 34mm, >> and the 50-200 at 50mm. >> >> The results: >> >> 40/2.8: FF in LV, very slight FF with VF >> 16-45: FF in LV, BF with VF >> 50-200: on target with LV and VF >> >> Two questions: >> 1. I thought that the fine AF adjustment (via menu C4) did not affect Live >> View AF. Is that incorrect? >> 2. What the heck is going on with the 16-45? >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- My Year38 365 project http://year38.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
