On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:25:34 -0600, William Robb wrote
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From: John Celio
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I tested my K10D's focusing accuracy a couple nights ago. I figured it was
fine, but I did it just for the hallibut.
Fishy puns aside, I used my D-FA 100mm
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:32:06 -0600, William Robb wrote
So, on Lawrences recommendation, I went and fiddled with the AF
offset, and decided that at distance, the camera now had some front
focus issues. A few tweaks later, and now I have neutral focus at
distance, but the camera will now have
I'v been reading these AF tweaking posts closly, and have to agree with Godfrey.
I'm not going to do anything to my K10D. It seem crisp enough with the
16-45(better that with the istD)and 50-200.
Besides i can screw up a light bulb replacement, so it was a givin.:-)
Dave
On 3/17/07, Godfrey
- Original Message -
From: David J Brooks
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I'v been reading these AF tweaking posts closly, and have to agree with
Godfrey.
I'm not going to do anything to my K10D. It seem crisp enough with the
16-45(better that with the istD)and 50-200.
Besides i
You stop that right now young man or you'll go blind.
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: David J Brooks
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I'v been reading these AF tweaking posts closly, and have to agree with
Godfrey.
I'm not going to do anything to my K10D. It seem
I tested my K10D's focusing accuracy a couple nights ago. I figured it was
fine, but I did it just for the hallibut.
Fishy puns aside, I used my D-FA 100mm f2.8 macro (shot wide open) and it
looks like my camera is spot-on. Are there really any benefits to checking
focus with other lenses if
On 3/18/07, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tested my K10D's focusing accuracy a couple nights ago. I figured it was
fine, but I did it just for the hallibut.
I donated a dollar to Jerry;s Squids the other day.
Dave
Fishy puns aside, I used my D-FA 100mm f2.8 macro (shot wide open)
- Original Message -
From: John Celio
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I tested my K10D's focusing accuracy a couple nights ago. I figured it was
fine, but I did it just for the hallibut.
Fishy puns aside, I used my D-FA 100mm f2.8 macro (shot wide open) and it
looks like my camera
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:25:34 -0600, William Robb wrote
- Original Message -
From: John Celio
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I tested my K10D's focusing accuracy a couple nights ago. I figured it was
fine, but I did it just for the hallibut.
Fishy puns aside, I used my D-FA 100mm
John Whittingham wrote:
WTF is depth of focus?
Depth of focus is the behind the lens analogue of depth of field.
Whereas depth of field is the depth of the plane of focus in front of
the lens (where the subject of your photograph is), depth of focus is
the depth of the plane *inside* the
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, William Robb wrote:
I downloaded a chart that some guy with a D70 made. It's printed off on an
8.5x11 sheet of paper. I used the 31mm, at about a 2 or so foot range.
I haven't checked focus with any other lenses yet, that will be my project
for tomorrow.
There have been
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:27:24 -0400 (EDT), Lawrence Kwan wrote
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, William Robb wrote:
I downloaded a chart that some guy with a D70 made. It's printed off on an
8.5x11 sheet of paper. I used the 31mm, at about a 2 or so foot range.
I haven't checked focus with any other
William, I did not follow the whole thread but some at DpReview
managed to hack the header of the firmware allowing one to downgrade
from 1.11 to 1.10 (in fact 1.10 with hacked header) and then official
1.10 firmware.
One may like or dislike the method but thought I should mention the
Hi Bill,
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:22 -0600, William Robb wrote:
Bravery overcame foolishness, and I decided to check how accurate my K10 was
for focus accuracy.
It turns out, not very.
So, armed with the instructions and a focus chart I downloaded a while back,
decided to adjust the camera.
- Original Message -
From: Lawrence Kwan
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, William Robb wrote:
I downloaded a chart that some guy with a D70 made. It's printed off on
an
8.5x11 sheet of paper. I used the 31mm, at about a 2 or so foot range.
I haven't checked focus
- Original Message -
From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
William, I did not follow the whole thread but some at DpReview
managed to hack the header of the firmware allowing one to downgrade
from 1.11 to 1.10 (in fact 1.10 with hacked header) and then official
1.10 firmware
- Original Message -
From: John Whittingham
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
Ah, now that's the chart I have that I mistakenly thought William was
using.
I'm very curious now, focus shifting between 14mm and 31mm, I think my
K10D
may get seriously interfered
For anyone interested, here is a link to the focus chart and instructions
that I used.
http://www.focustestchart.com/chart.html
William Robb
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From: Jan van Wijk
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I would assume testing with fast glass is best ...
I'll be hauling the 50/1.4 out today
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, William Robb wrote:
Initially, I used the 31, and got it looking good, then switched to the 14,
and discovered the error was still there, so I adjusted until the 14 was
good, and restested the 31, which was also still good.
Have you checked whether your adjustment has
- Original Message -
From: Lawrence Kwan
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
Initially, I used the 31, and got it looking good, then switched to the
14,
and discovered the error was still there, so I adjusted until the 14 was
good, and restested the 31, which was also still good.
Have
So, on Lawrences recommendation, I went and fiddled with the AF offset, and
decided that at distance, the camera now had some front focus issues. A few
tweaks later, and now I have neutral focus at distance, but the camera will
now have some back focus, though not as much as when I started, at
After seeing all the hubbub with this stuff on DPReview.com, I
decided to leave my camera alone and do the fw 1.11 update. The AF is
close enough and produces excellent results. If I really need
critical focusing, I focus manually and use a focusing magnifier. It
only makes sense if I'm
Hi:
Bravery overcame foolishness, and I decided to check how accurate my K10 was
for focus accuracy.
It turns out, not very.
So, armed with the instructions and a focus chart I downloaded a while back,
decided to adjust the camera.
Now my camera's AF focuses better.
Interestingly, I could see
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Subject: K10 Debug Mode
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:22 -0600
Hi:
Bravery overcame foolishness, and I decided to check how accurate my K10
was
for focus accuracy.
It turns out, not very.
So, armed with the instructions and a focus chart I
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:22 -0600, William Robb wrote
Hi:
Bravery overcame foolishness, and I decided to check how accurate my
K10 was for focus accuracy. It turns out, not very. So, armed with
the instructions and a focus chart I downloaded a while back,
decided to adjust the camera.
- Original Message -
From: John Whittingham
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:22 -0600, William Robb wrote
Hi:
Bravery overcame foolishness, and I decided to check how accurate my
K10 was for focus accuracy. It turns out, not very. So, armed
I appear to have missed something. Does the updated
firmware lack the calibration mode?
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Tom C
Subject: RE: K10 Debug Mode
Interesting. Nice that it's adjustable, sad that
it comes that way... out
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From: Tom C
Subject: RE: K10 Debug Mode
Interesting. Nice that it's adjustable, sad that it comes that way... out
of calibration so to speak. Is the focus adjusted at just one distance
from
the focal plane or is it done at varying distances?
I downloaded
William Robb wrote:
[...] as often happens, theory and practicality don't
mesh, so I will be doing some more checking tomorrow.
What's the difference between theory and practice? In theory, there's
no difference. In practice, there is.
:-)
Got that one from a somewhat philosophical comp
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From: Rick Womer
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
I appear to have missed something. Does the updated
firmware lack the calibration mode?
It doesn't necessarrily lack it, but they changed the way you get to it to
prevent people from accessing it.
William Robb
Ok, it's still light enough here that I was able to do some more testing.
I put the 14/2.8 on the camera and did a focus test with it.
Totally out of whack, though in the same direction as I was moving with the
31mm.
So, I did another adjust until the 14 looked good, and tried again with the
31.
Just out of curiosity which way was it out + or -?
Cheers,
Dave
On 3/17/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, it's still light enough here that I was able to do some more testing.
I put the 14/2.8 on the camera and did a focus test with it.
Totally out of whack, though in the same
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From: David Savage
Subject: Re: K10 Debug Mode
Just out of curiosity which way was it out + or -?
It was out on the - side. I made a rather large + correction, 180 um to get
it to where I was happy.
It's funny, I've not thought this camera was doing as well
You are correct.
Rick Womer wrote:
I appear to have missed something. Does the updated
firmware lack the calibration mode?
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Tom C
Subject: RE: K10 Debug Mode
Interesting. Nice that it's adjustable
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