KC = LX sheesh!

Paul via phone

> On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I've found the K-1 quite easy to focus manually, and my vision is no longer 
> good. I'll have to try it vs. the KC one of these days, but I think it will 
> compare favorably. Of course I haven't used my KC in 15 years, and my memory 
> might be failing me.
> 
> Paul via phone
> 
>> On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:49 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am of the opinion that a good manual focus screen is invaluable because AF 
>> just sucks under those circumstances.  Too bad Pentax no longer makes a good 
>> manual focus screen.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/28/2017 4:22 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
>>>> On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> … I just went through the photos of one of the bands from this weekend, 
>>>> having shot a bit with the 80-200 on the K-3, with wider primes on the K-1 
>>>> that night, and was reminded of just how well the K-3 can focus on 
>>>> microphones.
>>>> 
>>> Common Mergansers swimming/fishing on the river by our house a couple of 
>>> days ago. I grabbed the K-1 + 70-200/2.8, carefully slipped outside and did 
>>> a few snappies without spooking them. Then I heard the unmistakable sound 
>>> of a Belted Kingfisher. Finally spotted it through a gap in the bushes. I 
>>> got a wonderful in focus shot of the bushes. If you knew what to look for 
>>> you could see the out of focus Kingfisher further back.
>>> 
>>> Canon at one point had an AF mechanism based on the position/direction of 
>>> your eyeball as you looked through the viewfinder - a guy who worked for me 
>>> had one, was quite proud of owning such advanced technology. Which, he 
>>> admitted, didn’t work very well. But that notion needs to be revisited.
>>> 
>>> stan
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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