DOF close up is about 50/50

There are plenty online checkers to find it exactly.

Don't you just set Lightroom up to watch a folder and load
new pics when they arrive.

Eye-Fi cards are better than tethering.... no need to have
any leads.

Enprints off my Kodak 110 camera were indistinguishable from
those taken on my Pentax K2..... so much in fact that I sold
the K2, went on holiday with the proceeds and did everything
on the Kodak 110 which also had a zoom as a bonus

Sounds like the Spotmatic one. The eyepiece on M series and
onwards cameras is about 2mm bigger so it won't fit. You
will have to sell it and get a Refconverter M or A both work
on digital cameras and are well worth the money. The optical
quality is superb and 2x really helps with focusing.

LV bypasses the calibration it's WYSIWYG (allegedly).
The problem is that it's almost impossible to focus a
lens accurately especially at at a distance, the slightest
movement in the focus ring is probably 3 feet
Some sort of micrometer collar would be handy.

For closer testing (stamps etc. ) I use a focus rail and
focus bracket +/-0 ... +30mm ... -30mm and pick the sharpest.
I might even take an extra shot at 15mm if it looks to
be somewhere between.

The right ones sharp, but the left one still looks OOF?

Which is which anyway?

You shouldn't get any PF with a blue sky It's
mid grey when converted to B&W

Panasonic already rate Pentax AF better than Canon or Nikon
i.e. more keepers.
See link on Ricehigh site

I've managed to dig out the comparison from the last test
(posted above).

Jpeg screen grabs straight from the camera at 1:1
Note at 400ISO so they won't be as sharp as 100ISO
Also it was a very DULL day.

This is my version of 'The Pole'

From left to right the lenses were F... M... A Series

There is some PF from the F lens on this.
The F looks to have the longest FL the other
two are possibly under 200mm but all the lenses
were fully extended for the test.

I've reduced this from 1280w to 800w




This should take you to the 1280w version.

http://uppix.net/3/b/f/a182fd157f1f63d1a7a09ea169953.jpg

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It could be a bad F70-210mm although looking at your photos
of the telephone pole...... I doubt it

The F70-210mm is very good for not showing any PF though.
The 'A' is quite bad, although it's very sharp.

Here's the results of another test which included my favourite
for many years the M Series 80-200mm f/4.5 v1 which was better
than the M 200mm f/4 prime when I had it, also better than all
the Tamrons and Kirons I've had.



Three Zooms compared
====================

F Series 70-210mm
M Series 80-200mm f/4.5 v1
A Series 70-210mm

K-5
400ISO
All f/8
All 200mm/210mm
Shoulder Pod

Cloudy
AWB

==========================================================
Island
A Series 70-210mm Looks BEST

Chimney beyond Houses
======================
Very similar some PF
M Series 80-200mm Just Best
A Series 70-210mm
F Series 70-210mm Poor

Telephone Pole
==============
A Series 70-210mm Looks BEST
M Series 80-200mm Just behind
F Series 70-210mm Poor

Sat. Dish
==========
M Series 80-200mm BEST BUT 'A' LENS IS SLIGHTLY OOF
A Series 70-210mm 2ND EVEN THOUGH SLIGHTLY OOF
F Series 70-210mm Poor


Last shot of Sat. Dish shows M better

They should be sharper than that Doug

There's very little between them anyway, so the 55-300mm is a better
lens to have because of the extra reach.

Here's my summary from when I tested them. I never got round to
postage stamps either

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200ISO Sunny
AWB
Shoulder Pod
SR On

AF All shots (except A Lens)
f/8 All shots
All at approx. 210mm

Lens in Order Used/Tested
-------------------------
Pentax-F_ 70-210mm
Pentax-DA 55-300mm
Pentax-A 70-210mm

SORTED INTO SHARPEST -> SOFTEST

Chimney beyond Houses : VERY LITTLE DIFF BETWEEN THE THREE
----------------------------------------------------------
Pentax-A 70-210mm
Pentax-DA 55-300mm
Pentax-F_ 70-210mm

Telephone Pole : VERY LITTLE DIFF BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO
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Pentax-A 70-210mm
Pentax-DA 55-300mm
Pentax-F_ 70-210mm Softer

Satelite Dish : VERY LITTLE DIFF BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO
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Pentax-DA 55-300mm Slightly better because black is better
Pentax-A 70-210mm Slight PF
Pentax-F_ 70-210mm

Zeiss Super Ikonta Camera
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Pentax-A 70-210mm : Some PF but very sharp
Pentax-F_ 70-210mm : Just better than DA, but DA is FF
: so maybe it isn't
Pentax-DA 55-300mm