You don't understand. My camera backfocuses like it was *meant* to do that,
even after sending it back to Pentax twice (both times for other problems,
but I asked them to fix this, too). The image will look sharp in the
viewfinder, but when looking at the photo on my computer later it becomes
apparent that, even though the focus locked on a particular subject (say, a
person standing six feet from me), the sharpest part of the photo is just
behind them. Something is misaligned, and Pentax/CRIS hasn't bothered to
fix it, even though their repair papers said they did.
When I'm focusing manually, I will sometimes take a few extra photos with
what I see in the viewfinder slightly out of focus, hoping I'll find the
sweet spot somewhere.
I swear, if I didn't have so much Pentax junk here, I'd go buy a Nikon.
John
Stuck Being a Disgruntled Pentaxian
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----- Original Message -----
From: <drd1...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: I hate my K10D's AF
Can you feel the love?
It's not too bad if you have time to practice. My K10D did fine at the MC
race because I has time to prefocus and work out my own timing.
-----Original Message-----
From: "John Celio" <n...@neovenator.com>
Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:00:55
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Subject: Re: I hate my K10D's AF
I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is
critical I hate it even more.
When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to
sell my K10D. I wouldn't want to inflict its bullshit on someone else.
No, I may just go Office Space on it:
http://www.vimeo.com/5944863
John
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From: "eckinator" <eckina...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:52 PM
Subject: I hate my K10D's AF
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin'
wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis
riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I
shot images using both auto and manual focus point selection as I was
anticipating this. Please tell me the current models have more brains
before I am tempted to succumb to the yellow peril again...
AAAARGH!!!!
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