The Limited series that I have used have a smooth focusing feel very reminiscent of the K lenses...
Stan On Dec 27, 2006, at 4:24 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > It sounds to me that what you both really want > is good manual focus. Thats what I prefer. AF > to me it really only good/necessary with action > where you just cant keep up manually focussing. > For everything else, which is the majority > of stuff in my case, I just want really nice, ultra smooth, manual > focusing lenses. Lenses Pentax doesnt make anymore > unfortunately. e.g. like the older Pentax K/M type lenses. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:53 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: *istD AF > > > This is why the QuickShift focusing mount is so helpful. Its Canon > workalike ... full time manual focus ... is one of the details that I > miss most moving to the Pentax system. With both of them, you let the > camera focus as well as it can, then just tweak the focus that little > increment to nail what YOU want perfectly. No fussing around with > lock and reframe or manipulating the focus point manually ... > > This is the primary reason I can't wait for the DA35 and DA55 to be > released, and why I still consider trading the FA77 for a DA70. > > Godfrey > > On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Tom C wrote: > >> I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it >> possibly >> know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then >> compose >> type'. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
