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Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
John Whittingham wrote:
My most used kit on DS consists of SMC K 18/3.5 and SMC FA 35/2,
sometimes SMC M 50/1.4 and longer
lens wouldn't
flare in that situation.
John
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I also use the K18/3.5
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Cory Papenfuss
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I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
local camera shop for $5. After about 45
I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
local camera shop for $5. After about 45 minutes of extremely careful
sanding, I got it to fit the APS-sized screen in my *ist-DS. I've been
using it ever since and can completely nail the focus on such
On Nov 13, 2006, at 18:37, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
I, too, felt the same way. I was happy about a year ago when they
announced that they were going to support the Pentax line with
split-prism
focus screens, but disappointed when I found out that they were
going to
be $130 or
. november 2006 01:22
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Subject: Re: RE: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist
DS?
How can this be? Don't you know that modern
cameras have
Do all the pentax DSLRs have user changeable screens
and which screen types are not available for them that forces
you to do it yourself like this? (Seems weird that they
would have the screens user changeable and not have the
ones you want).
jco
All is such a strong word. The
I, too, felt the same way. I was happy about a year ago when they
announced that they were going to support the Pentax line with
split-prism
focus screens, but disappointed when I found out that they were
going to
be $130 or whatever.
$95 is not $130! (But I guess it
: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:29 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
local camera shop for $5. After about 45 minutes of extremely
careful
sanding, I got
On Nov 14, 2006, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
The cameras that have interchangeable screens are as far as I can
determine the following,
*ist-D
*ist-Ds/Ds2
K10D
The *ist DL screen is also interchangeable. The same screens used for
the D/DS models can be used but the markings are not
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Do all the pentax DSLRs have user changeable screens
and which screen types are not available for them that forces you to
do it yourself like this? (Seems weird that they would have the
screens user
screen is decent and apparently
it is according to many posts here.
jco
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Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:07 PM
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John Whittingham wrote:
I also use the K18/3.5 on the istDS, but I've never noticed an CA.
Maybe I don't know what it is. Can you point it out on the photos
that show it?. Thanks!
I can't see any CA either, even when zoomed to 400% in PS. Lens flare is
there in one shot but that's
John Whittingham wrote:
Thanks for that, it does look pleasingly sharp with good definition. I can't
see any CA in those images. [...]
As I've written to Shel, the chromatic aberration I mentioned was eaten
by flickr.com when resizing photos after upload. I have no pro account
yet and so
Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are you
using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you using?
Shel
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From: Pawel Bartuzi
I responded to CA questions in my other messages. As to the flare, this
is an extreme example. Usually it doesn't
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are you
using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you using?
I use the filter just for front element protection, as I do on many of
my other lenses. Call me paranoid. :-) On most of other lenses using
An 18mm lens field of view on the DSLR bodies is about the same as a
28mm lens for film SLRs. Buy a lens hood for a 28mm lens with the
appropriate 58mm threads and you'll be fine. I see wide-angle lens
hoods like this for prices from $9.50 to $60 at BH Photo.
Godfrey
On Nov 14, 2006, at
or do they have to
be done at factory or ordered that way?
jco
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Cory Papenfuss
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:51 AM
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2006 00:22:32 +0100
Subject: Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing
on*ist DS?)
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are
you
using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you using?
I use the filter just for front
From: Pawel Bartuzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/11/12 Sun PM 09:01:58 GMT
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Subject: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
Hello,
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult
Well, I admit I don't practice focusing as much as I used to several
years ago, however I find that I often take out of focus photos where I
have plenty of time for focusing the lens and am pretty sure focus will
be OK - and it isn't.
I checked Katz Eye website and their prices are not very
I wear -1.5 diopter eyeglasses so for shooting when not using eyeglasses
I have adjusted the viewfinder diopter on DS (nearly all the way to the
right) and I find the image to be clear and crisp. On my MX viewfinder I
have Pentax -2 M correction lens. I tried mounting the M correction lens
on
mike wilson wrote:
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult on the *ist DS - up to the point
that 30-50% of my manually focused, not stopped down shots land in a
recycle bin just for being out of focus.
Are you talking
, I have one I'm thinking
of using on the K10D.
Regards,
John
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From: Pawel Bartuzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
mike wilson
Pawel Bartuzi wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult on the *ist DS - up to the point
that 30-50% of my manually focused, not stopped down shots land in a
recycle bin just for being out of focus.
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Pawel Bartuzi
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:36 PM
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I wear -1.5 diopter eyeglasses so for shooting when not using eyeglasses
I have
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:47 PM
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Pawel Bartuzi wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult on the *ist DS - up
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Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
mike wilson wrote:
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult on the *ist DS - up to the
point
that 30-50% of my manually focused, not stopped
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist
DS?
How can this be? Don't you know that modern
cameras have much better finders and new finder
technology than any 30 year old MX? ( sarcastism alert ).
Turn off
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Pawel Bartuzi wrote:
Well, I admit I don't practice focusing as much as I used to several
years ago, however I find that I often take out of focus photos where I
have plenty of time for focusing the lens and am pretty sure focus will
be OK - and it isn't.
I checked
Cory Papenfuss wrote:
I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
local camera shop for $5. After about 45 minutes of extremely careful
sanding, I got it to fit the APS-sized screen in my *ist-DS. I've been
using it ever since and can completely nail the focus on
John Whittingham wrote:
My most used kit on DS consists of SMC K 18/3.5 and SMC FA 35/2,
sometimes SMC M 50/1.4 and longer - and these are the lenses I use
on MX either. All lenses are fine to focus on MX, on the DS I find
that the easiest to focus is SMC M 50.
What is your opinion
, November 13, 2006 7:22 PM
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Subject: Re: RE: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist
DS?
How can this be? Don't you know that modern
cameras
Of
Pawel Bartuzi
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:55 PM
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Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
John Whittingham wrote:
My most used kit on DS consists of SMC K 18/3.5 and SMC FA 35/2,
sometimes SMC M 50/1.4 and longer - and these are the lenses I use
I also use the K18/3.5 on the istDS, but I've never noticed an CA. Maybe I
don't know what it is. Can you point it out on the photos that show it?.
Thanks!
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Pawel Bartuzi
Here are some of casual shots taken with it on *ist DS:
Hello,
I prefer using manual focus and while I have no trouble focusing
manually on my MX, I find it difficult on the *ist DS - up to the point
that 30-50% of my manually focused, not stopped down shots land in a
recycle bin just for being out of focus.
Does anybody have a problem like that?
I shoot with an *istD. I find the manual focus with the Pentax
replacement grid screen is excellent. Not quite as good as my LX or
MX, but very close better than most of my film cameras.
Paul
On Nov 12, 2006, at 4:01 PM, Pawel Bartuzi wrote:
Hello,
I prefer using manual focus and while I
The D and DS have almost identical viewfinder systems, so what
applies to one also applies to the other.
All of the screens from Pentax are the same with regard to the
focusing surface, all that changes are the markings (the optional
ones have grid or cross-hair markings in addition to the
Very true. When I shot live action motorsports, I practiced focusing
quite a bit. Now, at 58 years of age, my eyes are failing me, so I
don't work at manual focusing as aggressively as I once did. But my
prior experience still works in my favor. Practice is definitely a plus.
Paul
On Nov 12,
Have you adjusted the viewfinder diopter? That seems like an
unusually high number. Also, on your MX, can you focus with the matte
area only or would your focusing misses be about the same.
I can say that for me, I much prefer no focusing aids like split
rangefinders or microprisms. In my film
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