Rick, my 16-45 seems soft on my K-5 and k10d but it was very good on my istd. Still confused over this.
Dave On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to sort out soft focus on my K-5 (especially with my 16-45/4 > lens), and would appreciate some help. > > I put my camera on a tripod, used the picket fence in our back yard as a > target (with a card with an X sticking out), and shot repeated frames with 3 > lenses (40/2.8 Ltd, DA 16-45, and DA 50-200) using live view (LV) or > viewfinder (VF) autofocus. The focal length of the 16-45 was set at 34mm, and > the 50-200 at 50mm. > > The results: > > 40/2.8: FF in LV, very slight FF with VF > 16-45: FF in LV, BF with VF > 50-200: on target with LV and VF > > Two questions: > 1. I thought that the fine AF adjustment (via menu C4) did not affect Live > View AF. Is that incorrect? > 2. What the heck is going on with the 16-45? > > Rick > > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
