Originally posted by zapp I feel like I am doing the job of Pentax quality control using the AF fine adjust function... It is a pain in the butt taking 21 shots shots for checking the optimum adjustment position, multiply by the number of lenses and settings you are testing. Please add a 21 shots fine adjustment function covering all steps from -10 to +10 assuming that the camera is fixed on a tripod. Pressing buttons repetetavily is tedious and may result in additional errors.
I like using the Hi position of the motor drive assuming that sometimes the second or third frame will produce less camera shake or cover a certain moment a little better than the first shot. This often works OK, but I end up with 5-8 frames unless I start thinking that I need to take the finger off the shutter relesae button before I even start clicking the button - this produces shake again. Well, let me limit the number of frames taken in Hi mode. In most cases image 5-999 will not show better results than images 1-3 or cover any other important moment in focus. Just as an additional option.
... anything else that may included in a firmware update ...? I feel that I need to spend so much time on fine tuning the K5, please do not introduce a new interesting camera within the next 2-3 years.
I keep adding simple things...
2 second MLU delay is useless on aluminum tripods, add 5 sec delay MLU
I want to copy my camera setting to the SD card - after it returned from service, all default were back in place - very funny.
I am still talking about BASICS - Canon offers different MLU offsets for over a decade, Nikon allows saving of personalized setings for quite a long time. I have enough reason not to buy a Canon/Nikon at the moment, I hope Pentax will keep it that way.