Shel Belinkoff wrote:
That seems to have been the problem. I noticed that the camera would fire
normally when the focus indicator light came on, but not if the indicator
didn't light up. You completed the last par of the puzzle ... sometimes
there's just too much to think about with these cameras.
Yep, this has confused me some times, too (with film AF bodies.) But
really, this is one of the nicer features of the (Pentax) AF system.
With a little practice, you can use this features to "autofocus" manual
lenses quite efficiently. You just keep the shutter depressed while
turning the focus ring (but not to fast, I guess, at it might lead to a
blurred picture), or alternatively moving the whole camera, and the
shutter is actually released exactly at the time the subject comes into
focus...
Actually, I take back all I said earlier about the location of the AF
motor. The truth is, I don't think there should be a motor at all ;-)
- T
