You'll get a lot of opinions on the manual-focus question. I don't recall offhand whether your model will give a Beep indication when a manual-focus lens is "in focus", but in any case what really matters is what you see, not what the camera's automation is telling you. This is very much dependent on your eyesight, whether or not you wear glasses, how dim the light is and whether you have a fast lens or a slow one. E.g., focusing a lens at f/5.6 will be much harder than one at f/1.4 because of the light-transmission differences. And then different models have different viewfinders with different characteristics that some swear at and others swear by. But I think many if not all of the mechanical and optical issues can be overcome with practice.
stan On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Let us know how it goes. > > Will do. > > I imagine I'm going to be having questions. E.g.: I understand I can use > manual focus lenses. Will I be able to tell from the viewfinder when I'm in > focus? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > > > -- > 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.
