----- Original Message ----- From: "danilo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:41 AM Subject: Manual Focus lens on digital..
Hi all, I was wondering... you lucky pentaxians that may use all the old pentax lenses line down to the screwmount ones on the DSLRs ( I HATE YOU!!! ;) ) how do you manage to keep your pics in focus (for those of you that actually do it, that is ;)..??? Do the Pentax's DSLRs have interchangeable focus screens with split screen/micro prisms (and do you have and use it?) or do you focus with the plain one?
I never liked the split-screen "focusing" aid. I use long lenses with TCs and they always just blacked out. I used to use a matte screen on the LX and MX and found that the D's plain screen worked fine for manual focusing. It also has a good viewfinder compared to most DSLRs. I rarely used AF on the D or the 20D. I currently use Pentax screw mount lenses on my 20D and find it just as easy to focus.
And, do the focus confirmation lights light up even when you're using a MF lens?
With the *ist D the if you set the body to AF, and use a MF lens, the focus confirmation lights work. (I only used the center one, so I don't know if the others work with MF lenses).
Christian
