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K5 AF and tracking
Pentax is slow to focus due to lenses. However start shooting in low light and Pentax leaves other brands in the dust.
Posted by cabstar on 24/04/2014 - 08:01
K5 AF and tracking
Pentax is slow to focus due to lenses. However start shooting in low light and Pentax leaves other brands in the dust. Not with the K-5 MKI though. I have two K-5 MKI's and they are crap at AF in low light. I've just bought a K-5IIs and it's low light AF is much better and confirms your K-5II exp...
Posted by Smeggypants on 24/04/2014 - 09:07
K5 AF and tracking
Pentax is slow to focus due to lenses. However start shooting in low light and Pentax leaves other brands in the dust. That does all depend on which lens you have. My Tokina 400/5.6 is much, much faster to focus on my K30 or K7 than my pal's Canon 400/5.6 L lens even though his is mounted on a 1D ...
Posted by gwing on 24/04/2014 - 09:21
K5 AF and tracking
Pentax is slow to focus due to lenses. However start shooting in low light and Pentax leaves other brands in the dust. Not with the K-5 MKI though. I have two K-5 MKI's and they are crap at AF in low light. I've just bought a K-5IIs and it's low light AF is much better and confirms your K-5II exp...
Posted by cabstar on 24/04/2014 - 11:57
K5 AF and tracking
That does all depend on which lens you have. My Tokina 400/5.6 is much, much faster to focus on my K30 or K7 than my pal's Canon 400/5.6 L lens even though his is mounted on a 1D mk 1V. His is a lot quieter though :D (and sharper and tracks better and costs 4x as much). That surprises me as I hav...
Posted by Mike-P on 24/04/2014 - 12:26
K5 AF and tracking
I have tried that AF tracking on my K10D and it does not work very well -- it always 'back focuses' -- I took some at the annual Half Marathon and Fun Run and the buildings in the background are much sharper than the moving runners -- I used to get much better results with manual focus and my film c...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 27/04/2014 - 18:42
K5 AF and tracking
I've tried the DA55-mm for birds in flight and it's worse than useless, I've tried all combinations of focus settings too. Tried again today, took around thirty shots....NOT ONE SHARP PHOTO!!! Is it the camera (K5) or the lens........OR ME? :cry:
Posted by michaelblue on 27/04/2014 - 21:49
K5 AF and tracking
The 55-300 isn't the best lens in the world for BIF as it is slow to focus. I find it OK though if you are reasonably pre-focused on the target, preferably pre-focused a bit further away than the birdie. Taken last weekend with it, about 60% crop.
Posted by gwing on 27/04/2014 - 22:52
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
Just a reminder that this is Pentax User and advising on which Nikon or Canon to buy is off topic for the forums. You need a Canon or Nikon forum for that. The grass is not always greener....it depends very much on the lenses chosen, but people very successfully take images of fast cars, wildlife...
Posted by johnriley on 24/04/2014 - 11:40
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
You don't expect impartial advice, do you :) If the focusing of your K5 is a concern to you, any one of the upgrade/moving across options is going to offer improvement in that respect. Leaving Pentax will presumably have a price attached to it (ie you may not get back for your lenses what yo...
Posted by CMW on 24/04/2014 - 11:51
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
I have to agree with John, my camera route in the last twelve months has gone from K5 to K5iis to Nikon D600 to Sony A7 back to K5iis and then finally my K-3 or what I like to call The End. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and find out for yourself like I have, I mean I now know I will never b...
Posted by MattyH on 24/04/2014 - 11:56
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
I did stray over to Canon in 2011 and bought a 500D, followed by a 40D. I was looking for something that was faster than my K10D with better low light capabilities. 4 months later i was no longer a Canon owner and happy to be back with my beloved K10D. Which i changed to a K5 last year. John and Mat...
Posted by Russ on 24/04/2014 - 12:18
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
I use a K-5II and a 7D and would say that they are very similar in performance and build in all but one area. The Canon has much faster AF and more focus points (addressed by the K-3) has better tracking (apparently not really addressed by the K-3) and (for me) a better range of lenses. After tha...
Posted by Mike-P on 24/04/2014 - 12:47
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
Thanks a lot for the replies, especially from forumites with cameras made by Nikon and Canon. I guess my first real disappointment was when I used a friend's 6D and it was so quick to focus, much quicker than the K5 in all lights. I know it's unfair to compare the 2. It made me want to spend m...
Posted by Garnett on 24/04/2014 - 14:05
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
I guess my first real disappointment was when I used a friend's 6D and it was so quick to focus, much quicker than the K5 in all lights. The 6D AF system is capable of focusing all the way down to -3 EV so will be far superior to most cameras when shooting in low light. I believe the only other...
Posted by Mike-P on 24/04/2014 - 14:25
K5 just isn't really cutting it in low light
I guess my first real disappointment was when I used a friend's 6D and it was so quick to focus, much quicker than the K5 in all lights. The 6D AF system is capable of focusing all the way down to -3 EV so will be far superior to most cameras when shooting in low light. I believe the only other...
Posted by cabstar on 24/04/2014 - 16:37
K3 randomly changing settings
I had a similar experience once with the K7. I hadn't had it long, and had taken it to work on a night shift to photograph a site where I had to wear a hard hat ... well, I just couldn't get the pop-up flash to work. Kept trying all the settings, nothing! Then when the hat came off it suddenly start...
Posted by tyronet2000 on 29/04/2014 - 16:23
Can i do a factory re set on my KX
Hi all, I am relatively new to DSLR photography and have a KX that i bought on a whim a few years ago. I tried to re programme the functions and set it up for general use. As a result i am now finding that it has limitations when i try and use it. With mobile phones now and other electrical equipme...
Posted by blogboy on 29/04/2014 - 10:52
Can i do a factory re set on my KX
Thanks fellas for the advice. I now have my KX back and all the functions returned to normal. Only problem now is the batteries are depleted ! Typical. Right back to the drawing board. Thanks again fellas. Blogboy
Posted by blogboy on 29/04/2014 - 11:52
Movie mode shutter/mirror actuating on record
When using the K-50's movie mode I'm finding that when I press the shutter release to start recording the mirror flips up again and the shutter opens, then when I press the shutter release to stop recording it flips down and up again. This makes no sense to me as it's already flipped up when selecti...
Posted by SteveLedger on 01/05/2014 - 21:38
