Originally posted by ZombieArmy You have said this before but I don't understand. In terms of live view manual focusing the K-01 was a massive step up in the pentax lineup and to me is similar in DNA to their modern offerings.
Maybe you have a point: You challenged me so I took out my K-01 especially for this occasion. I have always attached a 40mm ltd to it and started with that one. Focusing with magnifying works wonders, even I am amazed. But after a number of successful attempts I mounted an A 28-80mm to it and then the horror began. It is almost in possible to focus to sharp and keep it that way. That was also my experience of old, works with primes and with a good prime it is a song. But at the time I bought the K-01 most of my lenses were zooms. I just does not work. It was so disappointing I stopped using the K-01 with manual lenses/focusing altogether. So in this case Robert used a zoom and then I thought, "just what I came across". A zoom on the K-01 is difficult, but on any OVF camera manual focusing with a zoom works very well. EVF of the K-01 is very bright, clear and has a large screen and that makes easier to focus manually. So maybe I was a bit generalizing due to old experiences....