Yes I agree, it was hopeless to use and being able to focus on the sceeen was a great improvement.
I could use the LCD, but I hate that, especially since I would probably have to change glasses half of the time. It makes me look forward to a good electronic viewfinder. Dag Thrane http://www.thrane.name 5. nov. 2012 kl. 05:37 skrev Boris Liberman <[email protected]>: > My impression is that with 50/1.2 at 1.2 focus confirmation is all over the > place. > > Have you tried focusing by the back screen of the camera in LifeView mode > with additional help of magnification? > > Technology aside, the portrait is excellent as practically all the > photographs you display here :-). > > On 11/4/2012 6:03 PM, DagT wrote: >> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax >> K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. >> >> I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focusingscreen.com >> because the original was not sufficiently exact for manual focus with >> large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm >> 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from >> the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was >> hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the >> background with the original screen. >> >> This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing >> on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the >> viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. >> >> DagT http://www.thrane.name/ >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
