Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry, On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I think that this means that the focusing screen is not properly calibrated. I ran into this problem on my K20D. Rachel Katz said that with the K20s, the number of miscalibrated screens went  way up. In my case, they

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7 Hi! Yesterday I realized, well I noticed, that my A 50/1.2 misfocuses on the K-7. I made a shot of a car from about 10 meters and it came out soft. I shrugged and tried again and it came

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Boris Liberman wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Have you carefully calibrated the focusing screen with all of your lenses? You may have just noticed it with the 1.2 because of the shallow DoF. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yvon has this nifty

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Larry, On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I think that this means that the focusing screen is not properly calibrated. I ran into this problem on my K20D. Rachel Katz said that with the K20s, the number

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread P. J. Alling
The A f1.2 is a manually focusing lens. The electronic calibration won't work. If the problem isn't user error, then the focusing screen doesn't agree with the sensor plane. That requires a trip to a repair center to have it re-calibrated. Probably with shims... Larry Colen wrote: On

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 12/14/2009 9:08 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Hi Boris Yvon has this nifty chart you can download and print on card. Won't solve your problem but you can quantify it. http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/part-1-autofocus-adjustment-for-pentax.html Well, I did print the chart, but forgot it in

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman Larry Colen wrote: Have you carefully calibrated the focusing screen with all of your lenses? You may have just noticed it with the 1.2 because of the shallow DoF. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yvon has this nifty chart you

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-14 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 05:19:12PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: From: Boris Liberman Larry Colen wrote: Have you carefully calibrated the focusing screen with all of your lenses? You may have just noticed it with the 1.2 because of the shallow DoF. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Derby

Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Yesterday I realized, well I noticed, that my A 50/1.2 misfocuses on the K-7. I made a shot of a car from about 10 meters and it came out soft. I shrugged and tried again and it came out soft. Then I deliberately focused farther from what the screen was indicating was in focus and it came out

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I realized, well I noticed, that my A 50/1.2 misfocuses on the K-7. I made a shot of a car from about 10 meters and it came out soft. I shrugged and tried again and it came out soft. Then I deliberately focused farther from what

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Derby Chang
Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I realized, well I noticed, that my A 50/1.2 misfocuses on the K-7. I made a shot of a car from about 10 meters and it came out soft. I shrugged and tried again and it came out soft. Then I deliberately

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry Colen wrote: Have you carefully calibrated the focusing screen with all of your lenses? You may have just noticed it with the 1.2 because of the shallow DoF. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yvon has this nifty chart you can download and print on

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Thibouille
Boris, The Katzeye screen may be not seated completely right. If you accept to take the risk (but is it really a choice?), I'd remove the Katzeye and reseat it. If not better, I'd put back the genuine screen and try again. Getting there, you should be able to determine if the problem is one of

Re: Problem with Katz Eye and A 50/1.2 on my K-7

2009-12-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 13, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Have you carefully calibrated the focusing screen with all of your lenses? You may have just noticed it with the 1.2 because of the shallow DoF. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au