RE: OT: Interesting effect with lens

2012-03-19 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:45 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: Today while at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum I was using the SMC Pentax FA 28-80 3.5-5.6 and something odd

Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens

2012-03-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My sample of that lens has always been a bit quirky and unpredictable in that regard. Sometimes it just will not auto focus on what i have in my viewfinder, and I have to put it on manual. That is usually OK, but my eyesight has degraded to the point where it is no longer as easy for me to

RE: OT: Interesting effect with lens

2012-03-18 Thread Jeffery Johnson
...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens My sample of that lens has always been a bit quirky and unpredictable in that regard. Sometimes it just will not auto focus on what i have in my

Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens

2012-03-18 Thread David Mann
On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: Today while at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum I was using the SMC Pentax FA 28-80 3.5-5.6 and something odd was happening. I would be at 28mm it would not focus at a distance but when I would move it more toward the 80mm mark it