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Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
All those things are much brighter than 0.5EV John, especially the concert. The spotlights used will allow quite short exposures at surprising low ISO values. For the concerts I've shot I would be using ISO400 with shutter speeds around 1/125sec with no problem, albeit it with lenses of f2.8 or f...
Posted by johnriley on 27/12/2011 - 10:15
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
How dark is 0.5 EV? Are we talking 'too dark to be able to walk around without bumping into things'? Dimmish room in the evening? Subdued lighting in a living room, restaurant, dimmly lit kitchen, many live performances where you either can't use flash or don't want to, inside a dimmly lit church....
Posted by ChrisA on 27/12/2011 - 10:53
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
It's a known issue with the K-5 and one that hasn't been completely corrected. This makes for an interesting read: http://www.falklumo.com/lumolabs/articles/k5focus/index.html John Haven't got time to read all that now but I read the "Conclusion" and it pretty much says it all. :cry: Oh Dear, ...
Posted by DoctorJeff on 27/12/2011 - 13:25
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Just Google 'AF in low light', and pretty soon you'll see every camera marque mentioned adversely.
Posted by JohnX on 27/12/2011 - 13:28
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Had my K5 for a few months now but haven't used it a great deal compared to my previous camera. I have noticed that I have struggled to focus on poorly lit subjects. I've spent the last 4 hours with the camera on a tripod and photographing the same sheet of newspaper over and over again. My K5 t...
Posted by JohnX on 27/12/2011 - 13:33
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Why are people assuming that I am attempting to take shots in virtual darkeness? These tests took place in my smallish kitchen with 300Watts of tungsten lighting. Even the girlfriend's Lumix pees all over my K5 when it comes to focusing. I remember at college doing still life in the studio and...
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 15:05
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
problem solved then, ask your girlfriend if you can use her "Lumix "
Posted by obione on 27/12/2011 - 15:22
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Why are people assuming that I am attempting to take shots in virtual darkeness? These tests took place in my smallish kitchen with 300Watts of tungsten lighting. Even the girlfriend's Lumix pees all over my K5 when it comes to focusing. I remember at college doing still life in the studio and...
Posted by Don on 27/12/2011 - 15:28
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Why are people assuming that I am attempting to take shots in virtual darkeness? These tests took place in my smallish kitchen with 300Watts of tungsten lighting. Even the girlfriend's Lumix pees all over my K5 when it comes to focusing. I remember at college doing still life in the studio and...
Posted by Dave-L on 27/12/2011 - 15:43
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Haha no way could you shoot an Asian wedding using manual focus, it would be physically impossible.
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 15:46
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Dave I have considered it may be faulty but there are hundreds of references to users with the same problem. So it must be a common fault. If I shoot a portrait I usually want the iris to be sharp. At the moment it's the end of the nose, no matter how good your eyes are you will not tell the dif...
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 15:50
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
I remember at college doing still life in the studio and having to suffer the embarrassment of my Pentax hunting back and forth before settling for an out of focus shot while all the Canon fanboys laughed while their cameras snapped to sharp focus in about a millisecond. It sounds like the experienc...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 27/12/2011 - 15:54
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
I remember at college doing still life in the studio and having to suffer the embarrassment of my Pentax hunting back and forth before settling for an out of focus shot while all the Canon fanboys laughed while their cameras snapped to sharp focus in about a millisecond. It sounds like the experienc...
Posted by judderman62 on 27/12/2011 - 16:08
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Yes, good post.
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 16:12
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
Dave I have considered it may be faulty but there are hundreds of references to users with the same problem. So it must be a common fault. If I shoot a portrait I usually want the iris to be sharp. At the moment it's the end of the nose, no matter how good your eyes are you will not tell the dif...
Posted by Dave-L on 27/12/2011 - 16:17
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It's all good stuff by the sound of it. I don't have a K5 but I do have the other two. Interesting that the Pentax JPEG engine is seen as the best, I only shoot JPEG and both my Nikons are tweaked to match the my Pentax JPEG's (colour wise). Best regards
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2011 - 16:41
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
It's all good stuff by the sound of it. I don't have a K5 but I do have the other two. Interesting that the Pentax JPEG engine is seen as the best, I only shoot JPEG and both my Nikons are tweaked to match the my Pentax JPEG's (colour wise). Best regards But that article isn't about focus...
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 19:17
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
It was the low light side of it that seemed specific. The K5 gets a good review. However, your K5 may be faulty. Back to the dealer? The testing you have done should provide conclusive results, to you at least. No end of comments or input from members here will change your findings. Best re...
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2011 - 20:06
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
You are correct that the testing is conclusive. Unfortunately, the more I read the more I suspect that it isn't a fault with my camera and therefore returning it will not sort the problem, it seems it's just that the K5 is crap at focusing. I dare say that a lot of K5 users may not be affected by...
Posted by Daydreamjay on 27/12/2011 - 20:12
Completely Dejected (auto focus K5)
You are correct that the testing is conclusive. But not peer-reviewed :) Give us an idea of the EV values you're actually using, the focal length, the distance from subject, and the apertures, and I expect there are a few here that would be up for attempting to duplicate your conditions. Since...
Posted by ChrisA on 27/12/2011 - 20:24
