Originally posted by noste99 Hi,
When I see these excellent pictures made with a K-5 I wonder how you get it so well in focus.
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I get hopeless when suffering with this Kj-5, unless someone could explain the method used.
I am seriously thinking about selling my K-5 for a Canon, knowing that I will not get better quality for a higher price.
Does someone have some hints? If I could get the pics already via usb on my computer for checking that would already be something.
Thanks in advance!!!
Stefan
For me, this has never been a real problem, neither with my K-5 nor with my K-3. I just find a bright star in a convenient wieving angle, use liveview and 8-10 x magnification for critical focusing. Once I have nailed focus, I can then confidently go to my targets elsewhere in the sky. You may use tape, if you want to fix that focus position and you can further do the focusing during the day-time on remote objects.
You can also try to autofocus on such brighter stars. You might get a surprise when you see how efficient Pentax low-light autofocus really is. OK, here K-3 AF excels over that of the K-5, but I do use AF on both cameras with my faster telephoto lenses.
Finally, you could try pktether - works fine with the K-5. Again, lt's a matter of nailing focus first and keeping it there before you go hunting for your targets.