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Split screen focus aid - a few questions
The cheap Chinese screen I got off eBay was rubbish compared to a katz Eye - which is better made altogether and doesn't black out so easily. The price is high but it's worth it. Don't worry, you don't have to take your camera apart to change the screen. It just clips in. See http://www.youtube.c...
Posted by iceblinker on 22/02/2009 - 19:48
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
The only ones available seem to be for the K10/20, are they the same size as the K100/200? :?: They do one for the K100 too: www.katzeyeoptics.com/item--Katz-Eye-Focusing-Screen-for-the-Pentax-K100D--prod_K100D.html There is a distributer in the Netherlands as well. Search this forum for "Katz...
Posted by iceblinker on 22/02/2009 - 19:49
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
Wow they are *expensive*... $245 for a screen with optibrite, AF brackets and rule of thirds markings...
Posted by golfdiesel on 22/02/2009 - 21:14
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
Naughtily expensive! However, you will enjoy one as much as a new lens, so you can justify spending that much. Forget the AF brackets. You know whereabouts the focus points are without needing brackets. Optibrite is good. I didn't get rule-of-thirds with mine, but will include them if ever I get ...
Posted by iceblinker on 22/02/2009 - 21:31
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
"Just had a look at the Katzeye again, they're not cheap are they?" ...thats the price you pay for a high quality specialist item...
Posted by bretbysteve on 23/02/2009 - 16:14
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
There is the cheaper split screens being discussed on the Pentax forum in the US they have found , just as good as the Kateye. The AF points still show up, AF still works etc. exposure works fine except in spot which is the same for the Kateye costs just over £20
Posted by LifeSpy on 23/02/2009 - 16:51
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
That one is different from the Katz Eye in that the microprism collar is much larger in relation to the split circle. Also it looks like the one in the picture has an alignment fault along the left side of the split. Altogether it looks like the even cheaper screen I got off eBay that was NOT as ...
Posted by iceblinker on 23/02/2009 - 17:48
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
Try this I purchased the nikon (F6) style focusing screen for my K10 and loved it, and cheaper than Katzeye I was going to get another for my K20 but just recently decided on the Katzeye. I don't know if it was me, the Katzeye, the camera or lens but I had my DA*300 on for my first shots w...
Posted by Clarky on 24/02/2009 - 02:25
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
Spot metering is affected. The answer is to use Centre-weighted instead. This has been mentioned on the forum before. This will be the case with all split-image screens, not just katz Eye's. From www.katzeyeoptics.com/item--Pentax-K10D-K20D-Focusing-Screen--prod_K10D.html : "Spot Metering Mode...
Posted by iceblinker on 24/02/2009 - 02:51
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
Thanks Pete I suspected as much. must learn to read the manual in future. :?
Posted by Clarky on 24/02/2009 - 03:23
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
I've just learnt about 'capture focusing' where the camera is set to AF with a manual lense, shutter release pressed and gently brought into focus until the camera fires. It seems to work really well for me. Does anyone else use it with manual lenses?
Posted by Karl on 28/02/2009 - 08:41
Split screen focus aid - a few questions
I've just learnt about 'capture focusing' where the camera is set to AF with a manual lense, shutter release pressed and gently brought into focus until the camera fires. It seems to work really well for me. Does anyone else use it with manual lenses? Yes, I have used this to good effect with my ol...
Posted by El Dingo on 28/02/2009 - 09:36
SRS - 1st Class service again
Just made my first purchase from SRS. Ordered a focus screen yesterday, delivered to me at work this morning. That is what I call service! Thanks SRS.:D Cheers Chris
Posted by beardedwombat on 30/03/2010 - 11:08
How many ists?
*ist - film camera! *ist D - Pentax's first digital SLR. Good controls, but small screen and slow electronics compared to later models. Pentaprism viewfinder. Compact Flash instead of SD memory cards that all the other models have. *ist DS - Small and good. Pentaprism viewfinder. *ist DS2 -...
Posted by iceblinker on 25/02/2009 - 21:17
How many ists?
My very first digital SLR an *ist DS, When my 35mm *ist developed a fault and was sent back to Pentax UK they said it was an uneconomic repair and would I like a Digital body in return FOC the rest is history. Pentax has had loads more business from me. You would not get that sort of treatment fro...
Posted by loskeran on 01/03/2009 - 21:48
New High-end SLR?
All we know for certain that Pentax has said during the time they launch the K10D that the next model (K20D) will have a better sensor or a better AF system, we now have the sensor so the AF will probable get some major improvements. In 2008 I've also readed an interview of Pentax that they wont do...
Posted by Anvh on 26/02/2009 - 12:54
New High-end SLR?
Well it's complete nonsense that the full frame market is "too small" as it is a major area for both makers and 'image users'. That is quite apart from the important matter of being in the right arenas of camera development and design etc. At the moment th only hope for a long term pentax surviva...
Posted by viewfinder on 26/02/2009 - 16:10
K20D AF and Zoom
Welcome to the forum. With body-driven lenses at least (the only type I have), AF is unaffected by zooming. However, AF-S, after it has finished focusing, won't re-focus if you zoom. You need to activate it again if you want to check or alter the focus - by pressing the button again. You don't...
Posted by iceblinker on 26/02/2009 - 05:06
K20D AF and Zoom
Thanks Pete. I am not quite sure what you are saying. Sorry. When you say AF is not affected by zooming, do you mean it stays in focus as you zoom?
Posted by OldNick on 26/02/2009 - 05:26
K20D AF and Zoom
Most SLR lenses are true zooms, so the focus doesn't change with zooming. For example, my 16-45 is tricky to focus at 16 because of the massive depth of field, so I frequently focus at 45 then zoom out to compose. Bridge and compact camera lenses tend to be vari-focal rather than true zoom to sav...
Posted by Mongoose on 26/02/2009 - 10:08
