On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: >> In my simple testing I found that for the A 35-105/3.5 and A 70-210/4 >> zooms, that SR worked markedly better when the correct focal length >> was input to match the shooting focal length. The downside to >> that is, >> using zooms with SR is not as easy and quick as I would like. It >> sort >> of pushes me towards considering more modern ones. > > The fact that the system disallows the manual SR FL to be set manually > without having to turn the camera on and off could be easily rectified > with some firmware changes but I suspect that would make the camera > too utilitarian.
If you're using a lens which does not supply FL information to the camera, you do not need to power cycle the camera to set the FL. Just use the Menu -> Record section, last page, command "Shake Reduction" and set the focal length whenever you please. It's the last command on the last page of the Record menus. Fast way there: hit the Menu button and the up arrow on the controller. I don't use manual focus zoom lenses much, but I have been playing with the Pentax-A Rear Converter 2x-S and the DA70mm and DA50-200 lenses. Seems to do a very respectable job. I set SR to 135mm with the DA70 and it works beautifully. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
