I've found the K-1 quite easy to focus manually, and my vision is no longer good. I'll have to try it vs. the KC one of these days, but I think it will compare favorably. Of course I haven't used my KC in 15 years, and my memory might be failing me.
Paul via phone > On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:49 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am of the opinion that a good manual focus screen is invaluable because AF > just sucks under those circumstances. Too bad Pentax no longer makes a good > manual focus screen. > > > On 2/28/2017 4:22 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> … I just went through the photos of one of the bands from this weekend, >>> having shot a bit with the 80-200 on the K-3, with wider primes on the K-1 >>> that night, and was reminded of just how well the K-3 can focus on >>> microphones. >>> >> Common Mergansers swimming/fishing on the river by our house a couple of >> days ago. I grabbed the K-1 + 70-200/2.8, carefully slipped outside and did >> a few snappies without spooking them. Then I heard the unmistakable sound of >> a Belted Kingfisher. Finally spotted it through a gap in the bushes. I got a >> wonderful in focus shot of the bushes. If you knew what to look for you >> could see the out of focus Kingfisher further back. >> >> Canon at one point had an AF mechanism based on the position/direction of >> your eyeball as you looked through the viewfinder - a guy who worked for me >> had one, was quite proud of owning such advanced technology. Which, he >> admitted, didn’t work very well. But that notion needs to be revisited. >> >> stan >> >> > > > -- > 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.
