Whilst a K3 is not cheap neither is it a Leica or other high-end precision instrument. It's designed for prosumers at the price they will pay.

It's also a consumable, designed to last until the next attractive offer rolls off the production line. Manufacturers don't make money unless they have repeat sales. Everything we buy has built-in obsolescence.

Horst, who says the lenses are the issue?

It is likely it's the camera body; that's why is has AF fine adjustment.

It's not just the need for daylight, (it's a wavelength thing!), but also correct aperture, camera to target distance, type of target, etc that you'll need to get right.

You'll find plenty of threads on this and other fora that'll help you out.

And welcome!

"Aperture Value" (AV) is the aperture value you set when in AV mode.

I'm guessing that "Aperture=" is the AV set by the camera when in other than AV mode.

Great deal.

I think the Ltd pancakes will look good with the upcoming K-S1.

I find it interesting that Pentax seem to have taken down from their web-sites any reference to the new camera.

Isn't the issue with copying negs and slides the amount of PP you have to do to get close to the original? Or is the software with the scanner all you need?

Just wonder how much it'll be? Certainly full of features from the K3, plus some of it's own, i.e. new sensor.

Haven't used them myself, but I've seen a few positive write-ups about this firm, who sell bean bags and lens sleeves amongst many other things. > http://www.wildlifewatchingsupplies.co.uk/retail/acatalog/

There's an auto-complete facility, which I imagine uses pre-existing equipment descriptions to save you having to type it all again?

Haven't used it yet myself as I'm still 'auditing' all my photo kit.

I pray the other half doesn't see the completed spread-sheet, as for insurance purchases I'm including purchase price and replacement cost with the serial numbers!

Read this elsewhere;

Using a Flucard for lens calibration.


I discovered that it is very useful.

First setup your calibration device. I used a tape measure and a brightly printed cup. The tripod was set at about 30 degrees, close to the minimum focus distance for the lens.

Establish a connection with the card, set live view off. Make sure the lens is out of focus.

Press the AF button on the camera. It will focus using pdaf.

Touch the LV button on the screen. The focus peaking will show you how much adjustment is needed. A white band shows the region in focus.

Rinse and repeat. Far quicker and easier to see than finding the focus transitions on an image, especially on a small screen. I used my tablet and the large image was very clear. Usually this process requires transferring images to a computer for examination, and the process takes a long time and is somewhat tedious.

Remember to switch out of LV mode otherwise it uses contrast detect which needs no adjustment.


Read more at: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/271169-using-flucard-lens-cali...#ixzz3BOX5RSAR