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I prefer manual focus anyways. Nothing worse than having af "Hunting" in low light when shooting a wedding... which happens, even when the camera is on a tripod.... and the subject really isn't moving much... Agreed. But Don, this is the year 2010. Manual focus in those circumstances is now w...
Posted by Don on 22/08/2010 - 23:53
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[quote:3496ace15f="Don"]I prefer manual focus anyways. Nothing worse than having af "Hunting" in low light when shooting a wedding... which happens, even when the camera is on a tripod.... and the subject really isn't moving much... Agreed. But Don, this is the year 2010. Manual focus in thos...
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 09:58
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we end up putting up with poor AF instead of demanding better AF from the manufacturer. I can't agree with this - manufacturers are always vieing with each other for better, bigger, brighter....it sells cameras just like anything else. The AF we have already is brilliant - certainly in terms of f...
Posted by johnriley on 23/08/2010 - 10:31
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I've still had no satisfactory explanation as to how to make my 12-24 focus - even on infinity (which isn't that far away on that) in anything other than bright sunshine. Improved AF is waaaay up on my priority list for a new camera - and I don't shoot birds/airplanes/etc that people usually have...
Posted by flossie on 23/08/2010 - 11:18
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I've still had no satisfactory explanation as to how to make my 12-24 focus - even on infinity (which isn't that far away on that) in anything other than bright sunshine. Improved AF is waaaay up on my priority list for a new camera - and I don't shoot birds/airplanes/etc that people usually have...
Posted by johnriley on 23/08/2010 - 11:24
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An afterthought - you are using centre-point only focus? If not, then I suggest you do. Focus on your main subject, half press on shutter release to lock, recompose, fire shutter. Works every time.
Posted by johnriley on 23/08/2010 - 11:26
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Well, it wasn't clear that you were talking about videoing a wedding. Don't know where you read that? It was in Don's response to my earlier comment about workarounds: [quote:3496ace15f="Don"]I prefer manual focus anyways. Nothing worse than having af "Hunting" in low light when shooting a weddi...
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 11:59
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The AF we have already is brilliant - certainly in terms of focusing accurately in low light. It can focus in light as good as I can see in to hope to do it myself. Deep in the gloom of old buildings there's never a problem, except with the usual subjects that are just nor suitable for AF. Such as s...
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 12:01
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An afterthought - you are using centre-point only focus? If not, then I suggest you do. Focus on your main subject, half press on shutter release to lock, recompose, fire shutter. Works every time. John, c'mon, I'm not that much of a newbie ... :D :D As a matter of fact, I do use the centre point...
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 12:05
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John, c'mon, I'm not that much of a newbie ... No insult intended, but when looking for solutions I never assume any more than I already know. We can all learn things, including myself, and we can all have blank spots sometimes. Using AF for aircraft in that way makes me wonder about the shutter ...
Posted by johnriley on 23/08/2010 - 12:25
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Then something is clearly wrong. I was using the 12-24mm in all lighting conditions from darkest cellars to bright sunshine last week at Beamish, and there were no problems at all. Back to be checked and repaired I think. If other lenses are OK, then your 12-24mm has the problem. I can't see how ...
Posted by flossie on 23/08/2010 - 12:40
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John, c'mon, I'm not that much of a newbie ... No insult intended, I know, John, hence my ':D:D' None taken, it just made me laugh. but when looking for solutions I never assume any more than I already know. We can all learn things, including myself, and we can all have blank spots sometimes....
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 12:49
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I can't see how a particular lens can affect the AF abilites of a camera - I come back to my theory that Pentax never expect people to put one on a Kx... anyway, I posted this random shot a while back to illustrate - should be easy-peasy, its Infinity. Not even particularly dark (just overcast). ...
Posted by ChrisA on 23/08/2010 - 12:51
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I see that many seem to have some problems in low light auto and manual focus. Use this; always focus with the longest range of your zoom lens then zoom out to the zoom setting that you want to use. Ie. 18 -85 lend focus at 85 zoom out to 18.....same for any lens. Works well.
Posted by Elva on 23/08/2010 - 13:14
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I see that many seem to have some problems in low light auto and manual focus. Use this; always focus with the longest range of your zoom lens then zoom out to the zoom setting that you want to use. Ie. 18 -85 lend focus at 85 zoom out to 18.....same for any lens. Works well. That would work well if...
Posted by johnriley on 23/08/2010 - 13:51
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I've still had no satisfactory explanation as to how to make my 12-24 focus - even on infinity (which isn't that far away on that) in anything other than bright sunshine. I've always found the 12-24 to be very good at AF (on a K2D). So perhaps your KX theory is right, Flossie. Though it sounds rathe...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 23/08/2010 - 14:25
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Feel free to stop by sometime soon and see if it's the same on my K10D. Thanks ChrisA for the offer - but I need to spend some time first trying to find out if its just Operator Error :lol: - see if I can get a reproducable scenario that it won't focus properly in first, because it only seems to hap...
Posted by flossie on 23/08/2010 - 18:11
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Feel free to stop by sometime soon and see if it's the same on my K10D. Thanks ChrisA for the offer - but I need to spend some time first trying to find out if its just Operator Error :lol: - see if I can get a reproducable scenario that it won't focus properly in first, because it only seems to hap...
Posted by MrCynical on 23/08/2010 - 20:19
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Most enjoyable Ken, strange I could not see the whisky angels puffing out the back of your bike.
Posted by Technoblurb on 25/08/2010 - 18:35
New K-7s at under £700
People say the same here but always forget to add the TAX with the USA prices :) Well, it's true that nowadays with the current 1.27 exchange rate it's less painful and is nearly the price + tax, so that's ok. But it was also the case when the exchange rate was 1.6!!! And man I felt the perfect m...
Posted by dlacouture on 28/08/2010 - 23:46
