Does it happen in video mode mode? Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Not that I'm aware of. ;-) > >Jack > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Cc: >Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 3:56 PM >Subject: Re: Before Calling C. R. I. S. > >Can you post a sound recording of the event? > >On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > >> Thanks, Zos, but I'm failing to accurately describe the problem. As >many on this list can attest, I've shot with this body/lens combination >extensively for the past 'prox two years. What I'm attempting to >describe is something new. IOW, it's much more specific to what I'm >describing than the common events you suggest. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jack >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Cc: >> Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 1:52 PM >> Subject: Re: Before Calling C. R. I. S. >> >> I must ask. Is this in AF.C or AF.S? In AF.C that's to be expected if >> it shifts focus between foreground and background and is hunting. >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>> Sounds like it is hunting for focus. Try some other lenses. The da >>> 55-300 hunts a bit from what I have read. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >wrote: >>>> >>>> I'll attempt a description of an odd event I'm experiencing when >shooting with the K-5, DA 55~300 combination. At this point, I've not >tried it with any other lenses. >>>> As near as I can come to the sound I hear from the lens, is a rapid >fire focus motor machine gun. It's most often heard after having lost >focus and is attempting to again achieve focus. It's difficult to >assign any other specifics. >>>> >>>> I usually set the AF to 5 focus sensors when hunting BIF. I've >found, however, that the described event can, also, happen when using >spot focus. >>>> >>>> There is the usual "intermittent" factor that adds uncertainty in >determining responsible circumstances. >>>> >>>> Thanks, much. :-) >>>> >>>> Jack >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
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