I did a bit of testing with the AF this morning, with fairly mixed results. In my frustration I had thought the K10D had been better with that lens so I tried it with both cameras. The K5ii is better but both cameras seemed to get confused at times.
I can't quite put my finger on it just yet - strongly backlit subjects seem to cause some issues. They'd both focus just fine on darker / lower-contrast areas of the garden but sometimes they just wouldn't lock, often on bushy trees with small leaves. It may just be the 3D nature of the subject making things difficult. I tested both cameras with just the central point. The K5ii is definitely better at knowing which direction to move the focus. My K10D nearly found itself at the bottom of a cliff at Norfolk Island because of that. I still wish there was a focus limiter on these long lenses so when they do hunt it wouldn't take so long. Cheers, Dave > On Apr 2, 2021, at 2:08 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like you did just fine! cute little guy.... If I were out shooting > I'd try your auto-select trick - or maybe inside in low light when Ashley > does something cute. the autor focus on the K-5 is pretty awful > > ann > > > On 4/1/2021 3:47 AM, David Mann wrote: >> A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening. They're a very small >> bird, smaller than a sparrow. And they don't really stop moving. You >> usually hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song). >> >> These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos. >> Both are very heavy crops, shot at 3200ISO so there's also a bit of noise. >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso >> >> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, both 1/500 at f/9.5 handheld. >> >> This AF with this camera/lens combination is terrible for little birds. The >> only way I can get it to lock on anything but the most obvious targets is to >> let it auto-select its AF point. In that case it'll focus on any old thing >> and it's a lottery as to whether your subject is actually in focus. But at >> least it mostly stops hunting. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
