And the grown men just use manual focus and get exactly what they want... JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:28 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K20D firmware update On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thibouille" > Subject: Re: K20D firmware update > > >> The 55/1.4 id known to a bit slow to focus, although it is very >> precisewhen it locks. >> >> At the same time, this is supposed to be a portrait lens, so I'd say >> I'd better have it AF well rather than fast. Still, could be faster, >> indeed. > > I hate to say it, but the big boys in the sandbox seem to be able to > get fast and accurate out of their AF systems. > > William Robb > That depends. Nobody ever accused the 85 f1.2L of being fast. The 50 f1.2L isn't all that much better and the Nikon 50mm f1.4G AF-S is notably slower than its predecessor. The big boys tend to prefer slower but accurate for their portrait lenses. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
