Thanks guys for the input on the manual lens stuff..
I've now told the camera it is a 50mm lens, (the Smc A)
but more importantly, I think the focus problem was the diopter setting
in the view finder.. I took off the eye cup and then was able to change
the diopter - and see better too. I have to do some more shots
to convince myself I can keep things sharp... quickly.. it was hard to
see the lines that you are supposed to make sharp. but I think I've got
it now. (doing it with my distance glasses on.)
Derby, re "Zone focusing" - is that the same thing as what I know as
"Hyper-focal distance?" setting it for shooting from the hip?
when I use the 50, I have to set the lens on A for it to work at all
The 28mm lens I have isn't an A series . It worked with an adaptor
on my Rebel... Nothing happens at all - Can't push the shutter, etc
..and window that tells you how to tell the camera what lens you have
doesn't appear. Too bad, I'd love to use that lens
ann
On 7/29/2013 17:41, Derby Chang wrote:
Love the first one. I wonder what their music is like.
Ann, have you tried zone focusing? Not as easy with a 50, but doable.
On 29/07/2013 10:18 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I went out this evening near dusk for these - it just started to rain.
I wanted to check out the K-5 with a manual lens... if only I could
focus faster I'd have had a lot more respectable shots..
But I like these three - 2 street shots, and one kitty.. (not Ashley
The lens was the smc Pentax-A 50mm f1.4 that I've had since the early
80's. It seems to me there is lots more light coming into the good
ole manual than the DA 18-55.
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662636400_Bg5FRgD/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662602725_2cksxrx/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662619043_R3BZB3p/Medium
ann
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