Re: Adjustment surprise

2011-04-17 Thread Boris Liberman
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > So front/back focus is a function of the lens *and* the body...  -T Oh, most certainly so. Tim, don't you see - the camera body is a complex mechanical assembly... So, minor fluctuations (or is it called - tolerances?) of the way things are put t

Re: Adjustment surprise

2011-04-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 16, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > I finally got around to printing out a focus test chart, setting up > the tripod, and setting the K-5 focus adjustment for my lenses. > Strangely enough, they all seemed perfectly dialed-in, with the > exception of a +3 bump for the Sigma 30mmF1.4.

Adjustment surprise

2011-04-16 Thread Tim Bray
I finally got around to printing out a focus test chart, setting up the tripod, and setting the K-5 focus adjustment for my lenses. Strangely enough, they all seemed perfectly dialed-in, with the exception of a +3 bump for the Sigma 30mmF1.4. This is more than a little strange because on the K20D,