K-5ii - Live View and Manual Focus
Posted 26/04/2018 - 13:10 - Helpful Comment
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Have a look at the K-5ii manual (page 150.) Various zooming in display options for live view are described using the info, cursor and OK buttons.
John K
Posted 26/04/2018 - 14:25
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Well I'll be hornswoggled! The INFO button! Thanks very much for that! I discovered the use of the INFO button last year for some completely different feature (that I've never used since, so I'd forgotten about).
Like most camera manuals they're a heck of a read and I'd found an alternative pdf version of the manual which generally talks in (roughly) plain English (actually it's Canadian).... but it does skate around a few features!
Again, Thanks JAK!
Like most camera manuals they're a heck of a read and I'd found an alternative pdf version of the manual which generally talks in (roughly) plain English (actually it's Canadian).... but it does skate around a few features!
Again, Thanks JAK!
Posted 26/04/2018 - 15:20 - Helpful Comment
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I learned a new word today Geoff ! Hornswoggled ! Keep them coming.
Using LV with manual focus is a fantastic tool when you zoom at 100%. It beats all the digital focus tools the camera offers in my opinion.
Especially useful for those of us who use the old manual focus lenses.
Using LV with manual focus is a fantastic tool when you zoom at 100%. It beats all the digital focus tools the camera offers in my opinion.
Especially useful for those of us who use the old manual focus lenses.
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Posted 26/04/2018 - 17:13
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pschlute wrote:
I learned a new word today Geoff ! Hornswoggled ! Keep them coming.
Using LV with manual focus is a fantastic tool when you zoom at 100%. It beats all the digital focus tools the camera offers in my opinion.
Especially useful for those of us who use the old manual focus lenses.
I learned a new word today Geoff ! Hornswoggled ! Keep them coming.
Using LV with manual focus is a fantastic tool when you zoom at 100%. It beats all the digital focus tools the camera offers in my opinion.
Especially useful for those of us who use the old manual focus lenses.
Me too!
Andy
Posted 26/04/2018 - 22:56 - Helpful Comment
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The rear E dial controls the level of zoom, having acquired it with INFO. Just to add a further level of user friendliness, the K3 uses the OK button for LV zoom!
Finally, everyone moans that the *ist series doesn't have a 'green' button, thus making it impossible to use M and K style lenses other than wide open. But it does have an (undocumented) green button for use in 'M' mode - it just happens to be coloured black and labelled AE-L !!
Finally, everyone moans that the *ist series doesn't have a 'green' button, thus making it impossible to use M and K style lenses other than wide open. But it does have an (undocumented) green button for use in 'M' mode - it just happens to be coloured black and labelled AE-L !!
Posted 27/04/2018 - 17:19 - Helpful Comment
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I don't have the K-5ii, but presumably it has an option for focus peaking? Very helpful for rear screen focusing, especially if used with image magnification.
The fixed screen is a limitation, but I have heard of a mirror attachment which enables viewing of rear screen for awkward angles. Unfortunately I can't remember where.
The fixed screen is a limitation, but I have heard of a mirror attachment which enables viewing of rear screen for awkward angles. Unfortunately I can't remember where.
Posted 27/04/2018 - 18:05
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It doesn't have Focus Peaking in the way that Sony has (which looks, on screen and in viewfinder, very similar to the under/over exposure areas) but there is a focus indication in Manual Focus mode.
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One genre that hadn't interested me much in the past was close-up (even macro) photography. Now, I know that the experts in the field all seem to recommend Live View and Manual Focus but that doesn't seem to be feasible to me - needing reading glasses. I can't see any way for the LV screen to 'zoom in' to the frame - and a big problem of the K-5 is the lack of a tiltable screen (oh how brilliant the K-1's screen is!)
I follow several photographers on YouTube, many using the MF and LV combination, even for landscapes. They (with their various other makes of camera) are able to zoom in to get really clear (manual) focusing. Trying that on a K-5 just changes aperture or shutter (dependent on Exposure Mode chosen).
Am I asking for too much from the really good value K-5? Obviously some of the cameras I see on YouTube are the top of the range, over 2000 pounds, some higher. I'm likely to upgrade one day (or year) soon - but, for now, I'd like to get the maximum from my (almost) perfect K-5.