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K5 performance
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Posted by McGregNi on 05/11/2013 - 22:07
K5 performance
I'm not surprised. Despite all the praise for the camera, I always find images from mine to be very flat, two dimensional, lifeless and "digital". There's obviously lots of detail, excellent low light performance and a wonderfully wide dynamic range. And yet... Afetr a couple of weeks abroad with...
Posted by davidtrout on 06/11/2013 - 17:29
K5 performance
I'm not surprised. Despite all the praise for the camera, I always find images from mine to be very flat, two dimensional, lifeless and "digital". There's obviously lots of detail, excellent low light performance and a wonderfully wide dynamic range. And yet... Afetr a couple of weeks abroad with...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 06/11/2013 - 20:18
K5 performance
Hopefully the attached image is open for comment, I am now of the opinion that some of my issues relating to the K5 are not necessarily the camera but aperture choice and focus. I am investing in a Pentax eyepiece magnifier which should allow more precise focus when using manual lenses, which by th...
Posted by Billdad on 06/11/2013 - 22:55
K5 performance
Hi Bill It is a stunning image, BUT it is back-focussed slightly and this is making it look flatter and not as 3 dimensional as it should be. The sharpest focus in this shot is in the lady's hair and not on the eyes. Have you checked the AF adjustment on your K-5 with each lens you own? It m...
Posted by davidstorm on 06/11/2013 - 23:32
K5 performance
I echo everyone else; I would have been more than happy to capture the shot above (nothing wrong with the colour and vibrancy here) and many of Andrew's pictures in his portfolio! I tend to shoot landscapes and scenes with my K-5, using a medium aperture to maximise sharpness and depth of field, and...
Posted by microlight2010 on 07/11/2013 - 09:19
K5 performance
I think you are spot on with your observation, I am now of the opinion that the focus point or indeed focus lock need to be familiarized and used. Thanks with all comments
Posted by Billdad on 07/11/2013 - 14:06
K5 performance
I don't have so much trouble with focusing on a certain object if i use manual but i find the auto focus on the K5 ( i didn't have this problem with the 100D or K7) is so temperamental in certain light conditions and really annoying, now it could me, and maybe it is :roll:
Posted by autumnlight on 07/11/2013 - 15:45
K5 performance
I don't have so much trouble with focusing on a certain object if i use manual but i find the auto focus on the K5 ( i didn't have this problem with the 100D or K7) is so temperamental in certain light conditions and really annoying, now it could me, and maybe it is :roll: Mine is the same Maria, it...
Posted by davidstorm on 07/11/2013 - 18:29
K5 performance
What sort of light conditions are causing the problem Maria? Hi John, well as an example i went out in October on quite a sunny afternoon, i was under the trees with the sun shining down which was quite low by that time, auto focus wasn't a problem for a few of the shots but then it started doing it...
Posted by autumnlight on 07/11/2013 - 20:40
K5 performance
I don't have so much trouble with focusing on a certain object if i use manual but i find the auto focus on the K5 ( i didn't have this problem with the 100D or K7) is so temperamental in certain light conditions and really annoying, now it could me, and maybe it is :roll: Mine is the same Maria, it...
Posted by autumnlight on 07/11/2013 - 20:50
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
My main interest is landscape photography and I have a bunch of old manual focus primes I want to use for this purpose. I currently use a Samsung GX-20 (aka K20D) but may be tempted in the not too distant future to go for something more up to date, capable of higher image quality. One thing which in...
Posted by J2R on 06/11/2013 - 16:04
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
I usually use manual focus lenses for landscape, and my preferred method for focusing (on a tripod) is Live View mode, using the magnification feature to 'zoom' in on the LCD screen, move the little square around onto an appropriate object (somewhere near hyperfocal distance), and fine tune focus on...
Posted by McGregNi on 06/11/2013 - 16:13
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
With the older lenses I find manual focus much more convenient for landscape, the hyperfocal scales are useful too.
Posted by DrOrloff on 06/11/2013 - 17:00
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
I don't think focus peaking adds anything at all to landscape photography. The 100% pentaprism viewfinder is more to the point.
Posted by johnriley on 06/11/2013 - 17:07
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
Typically you'd have a wide depth of field for landscape use?, so the focus should be less critical in some respects. I have a K-30 and usually use the optical viewfinder for that sort of work. The process for live view focus peaking is exactly as described earlier: preferred method for focusi...
Posted by richandfleur on 06/11/2013 - 19:13
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
With my 14mm, in low light, the viewfinder is useless for any focussing apart from on very near objects - and as many landscape photographers will be aiming somewhat into the scene anyway, Live View is the better option I have found. Yes, I agree, at f8 or f11 focussing precisely at very wide focal ...
Posted by McGregNi on 06/11/2013 - 19:28
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
I know I have a rudimentary form of Live View on my GX-20, but I've never explored it, as my understanding was that it's not well implemented and not especially useful. Maybe I'll have a play with it anyway.
Posted by J2R on 06/11/2013 - 20:42
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
I would have thought focus peaking is very low priority for landscape? Shooting at large apertures and with the lens set to infinity more often than not, not sure where it would fit in for me personally. Also landscape is a pretty considered discipline, setting up a composition, tripod, test sh...
Posted by Dodge69 on 06/11/2013 - 20:59
How useful is focus peaking for landscape photography?
Don't know if it's just me but I've never been convinced by my K30's focus peaking but the live view with the zoom feature is brilliant and very helpful with manual lens focusing!
Posted by jemx99 on 06/11/2013 - 21:07
