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K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
What are you aiming the lens at, and has the problem ocurred on more than one day or with more than one subject? The subject needs to contain a certain amount of contrast. An overcast sky or misty scene may not be good enough, for example. Try focusing on different parts of the subject until the ...
Posted by iceblinker on 24/12/2009 - 13:03
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
ps. You don't need it to lock on in MF mode. Then you can just ignore the focus indicator and shoot.
Posted by iceblinker on 24/12/2009 - 13:22
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
Hi Pete, I have tried different subjects and various distances. It's not locking on. And in manual focus camera offers a assist by letting you know you focused but it doesn't do it in this case. Dan
Posted by dantum on 24/12/2009 - 13:43
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
Hi John, I have given that a go, cleaned the contacts, then tried the lens on again. Lens rotates fine off and on the camera but when it gets to a certain point (more than 10 meters) it just fails to be in focus. I double check the viewfinder adjustment slider too to make sure that was all okay a...
Posted by dantum on 24/12/2009 - 14:30
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
I dropped that lens months ago from about knee height onto a carpet and it was fine until today. Mike, how did you fix your Tamron lens? Mine was dropped from about the same height onto a hard tiled floor. Was the same, could focus close up but no chance on subjects further away .. also I cou...
Posted by Mike-P on 24/12/2009 - 14:49
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
Interesting, I don't trust repair services either. My friend sent in his sigma 17-70 f2.8-4.5 for repair once and it never did 2.8 at 17mm again after that. I just had a look and a photo i taken couple of weeks ago (12/12/09) of a bridge, and that looks sharp. 50mm wasn't used much this past two ...
Posted by dantum on 24/12/2009 - 15:03
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
If it still misbehaves on another body it might be worth getting Asahi Photo to have a look at it. They did a good job of sorting out a Pentax zoom of mine which had taken a knock a few years back, for reasonable money. Kevin
Posted by KevinWood on 24/12/2009 - 18:41
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
Just an update. I tried my friends K-m with the FA50 and it started to focus fine again. Put it back on my K20D and it's all good again. Can't say this is something I can explain. The only thing that springs to mind is lens was reset on K-m to original focusing alignment somehow. It was a Christ...
Posted by dantum on 25/12/2009 - 22:11
Gave my daughter a white K-x for Christmas
Hi Lance. Raiding your lens cupboard would easily cover the cost of my air fare! Hmmm... :lol: :wink: I tried a K-x in direct comparison with the K-7 a couple of weeks back, it certainly produces great low noise images and is easy to use. I wonder how long it will be before you get one to comp...
Posted by RichardDay on 26/12/2009 - 11:41
Gave my daughter a white K-x for Christmas
Hi Lance. Raiding your lens cupboard would easily cover the cost of my air fare! Hmmm... :lol: :wink: Definitely. :) I tried a K-x in direct comparison with the K-7 a couple of weeks back, it certainly produces great low noise images and is easy to use. I wonder how long it will be before you ...
Posted by Lance B on 26/12/2009 - 12:11
Considering UWA (again)
I personally find that the very wide angle end of things is very disappointing for landscapes usually and I end up cropping. I use my DA* 50-135mm or the Tammy 70-300 more. I do love the 12-24mm for things like interiors, however. As I used to use a 28mm lens on my film camera a great deal, the 12...
Posted by womble on 27/12/2009 - 18:10
K to M42 adapter for Pentax dSLRs (and manual lenses generally)
Hello, Pentax noob here - would be grateful for some advice on these adapter rings you can get! Now the camera shop I got my K-m from had adapter rings but the shop assistant said I would be much better off getting an official Pentax one. I am now rather bewildered by the array of prices and interne...
Posted by madmazda86 on 27/12/2009 - 10:35
K to M42 adapter for Pentax dSLRs (and manual lenses generally)
The Pentax Adapter K is the best one to use. It's properly engineered and also fits flush into the mount on the camera, thus allowing focus to infinity. Some of the adapters are only useable for close up work. Olympus are not K mount lenses. They are Olympus OM mount and will not fit Pentax camer...
Posted by johnriley on 27/12/2009 - 10:48
KX and team sports
Hi All I've been using the K10 for a couple of years. Its a great camera. The KX looks to have the best low light performance of all the Pentax DSLRs and I've seen comemnts about it being slightly faster to focus than the K10. The sport I enjoy shooting is (amatuer)football and often in lo...
Posted by Rataegeoff on 30/12/2009 - 12:56
KX and team sports
Thanks Hefty, I'll forget the chocoalte tea pot as a benefit but value your comments about ISO 800 vs 3200. Those 2 stops would be very worthwhile. Would I notice any advantage from the extra pixels? I think you'll find the difference between a 10MP camera and a 12MP camera (all else being equal)...
Posted by hefty1 on 31/12/2009 - 14:22
KX and team sports
Thanks Mike and Hefty Good to see your results Mike. Looks like you are a user of the TAv type setting which I see as a great tool on the K10 for action pics. The pics on Flickr are clearly reduced in size. How do you find the full sized K7 files for noise. Can you get reasonable A4 prints at...
Posted by Rataegeoff on 01/01/2010 - 13:24
KX and team sports
The worry I now have vs the KX is that it reads like you don't know which points are being used for focus so in a team sport this could be quite a concern, especially at the faster settings on the lens. Am I right in this interpretation concenring the focus marks which we do have in the viewfinder ...
Posted by Anvh on 01/01/2010 - 13:40
KX and team sports
Thanks Stefan Are you saying then that even with centre point focus the KX doesnt have the confirming red/green points in the viewfinder? I did learn from he help I got on this forum that centre spot and using the AF button on the back of the camera(K10) make for more responsive shooting.
Posted by Rataegeoff on 01/01/2010 - 14:01
KX and team sports
No you don't see the squares in the viewfinder since they didn't incorporate that screen into it. Some here say it's because the lack of room. You do see the green hexagon light up in the information bar in the viewfinder. There is however an AF point information screen on the big LCD screen on ...
Posted by Anvh on 01/01/2010 - 14:37
KX and team sports
The worry I now have vs the KX is that it reads like you don't know which points are being used for focus You do know if you have selected the point yourself. I think most serious DSLR users avoid Auto Select even with cameras that do indicate the focus points in the viewfinder.
Posted by iceblinker on 01/01/2010 - 17:00
