Focus Peaking for the Q with Firmware 1.1

mccarvindh · 10-25-2012, 10:53 AM

Oh Great! Thank you very much crewl1

hiwaystar · 10-25-2012, 11:29 AM

How do you use focus peaking on the Q?

**crewl1** · 10-25-2012, 11:34 AM

Turn it on via the menu for camera, page 1, Focus Settings

Move the focus ring on the lens and look for the bright highlights to appear on the edge of the item you want to focus on.

Mock · 10-25-2012, 12:04 PM

Found something else...TAV mode has been added!

Just change ISO to auto while in manual mode, and there you have it!

hiwaystar · 10-25-2012, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by crewl1

Turn it on via the menu for camera, page 1, Focus Settings

Move the focus ring on the lens and look for the bright highlights to appear on the edge of the item you want to focus on.

Thanks! Just tried it with an Auto 110, 50mm, works great.
Hope there is enough daylight left when I get home to try it with my PK lenses.

Buschmaster · 10-25-2012, 12:35 PM

Ok, definitely want the Q now!!

**crewl1** · 10-25-2012, 12:35 PM

Nice!

**dadipentak** · 10-25-2012, 12:59 PM

I don't even have a Q (yet) but I think this is great!

parks · 10-25-2012, 01:01 PM

so glad I got the mag alloy Q at a great price - well done Pentax Ricoh. Can't wait for the adaptor to arrive and try out my DA* 300!

**Michaelina2** · 10-25-2012, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by Mock

Found something else...TAV mode has been added!

Just change ISO to auto while in manual mode, and there you have it!

Pretty cool... use the "+/-" button to toggle between Av and Tv as the auto-iso adjusts... very clever!

Cheers... M

spellcaster · 10-25-2012, 02:48 PM

that, is just sooooo great

by the way, i never noticed that the q can work like "quickshift" when used with 01 lens (i dont have 02 to test but i guess its the same)
if u got the "x2/4 when manual focusing" activated, you makes the focus on AF, hold shutter half run, then just rotate the manual focus ring on lens,
make focus precisely through "focus peaking + x4 view", and anywhere you want it to focus on it will keep your focus choice, and focus is perfect.

maybe i'm kinda late with that,

anyway, focus peaking gives it a real boost!

**mike.hiran** · 10-25-2012, 03:42 PM

it's so much faster with the toy lenses and the fisheye. loving focus peaking!

ve2vfd · 10-25-2012, 04:30 PM

Just installed it and the focus peaking is awesome with me M50mm and Tak 135mm... can't wait to try it with my Sigma 600mm mirror!

And I don't know if it's my imagination or real, but autofocus seems a tad quicker and more accurate... (in low contrast scenes I used to get a lot of "red square", now not so much).

Pat

NickLarsson · 10-25-2012, 04:39 PM

Hi,
A bit off-topic sorry, but have you seen any improvements regarding AF speed ?
Thanks.

Edit: sorry, didn't see ve2vfd post when posting mine

Sandy Hancock · 10-25-2012, 04:46 PM

Firmware v1.01 (only released a week or so ago) certainly improved the AF speed.
I'm not sure v1.10 has improved it further....

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10-25-2012, 10:53 AM	#31
mccarvindh Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohio, USA/ India Photos: Gallery Posts: 478	Oh Great! Thank you very much crewl1

10-25-2012, 11:29 AM	#32
hiwaystar New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Va. Posts: 15	How do you use focus peaking on the Q?

10-25-2012, 11:34 AM	#33
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	Turn it on via the menu for camera, page 1, Focus Settings Move the focus ring on the lens and look for the bright highlights to appear on the edge of the item you want to focus on.

10-25-2012, 12:04 PM	#34
Mock Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Edmonton Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 314	Found something else...TAV mode has been added! Just change ISO to auto while in manual mode, and there you have it!

10-25-2012, 12:34 PM	#35
hiwaystar New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Va. Posts: 15	Originally posted by crewl1 Turn it on via the menu for camera, page 1, Focus Settings Move the focus ring on the lens and look for the bright highlights to appear on the edge of the item you want to focus on. Thanks! Just tried it with an Auto 110, 50mm, works great. Hope there is enough daylight left when I get home to try it with my PK lenses.

10-25-2012, 12:35 PM	#36
Buschmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 806	Ok, definitely want the Q now!!

10-25-2012, 12:35 PM	#37
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	Nice!

10-25-2012, 12:59 PM	#38
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	I don't even have a Q (yet) but I think this is great!

10-25-2012, 01:01 PM	#39
parks New Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sheffield Photos: Gallery Posts: 9	so glad I got the mag alloy Q at a great price - well done Pentax Ricoh. Can't wait for the adaptor to arrive and try out my DA* 300!

10-25-2012, 01:44 PM	#40
Michaelina2 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE Michigan USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,300	Originally posted by Mock Found something else...TAV mode has been added! Just change ISO to auto while in manual mode, and there you have it! Pretty cool... use the "+/-" button to toggle between Av and Tv as the auto-iso adjusts... very clever! Cheers... M

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10-25-2012, 02:48 PM	#41
spellcaster Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: marseille Posts: 52	that, is just sooooo great by the way, i never noticed that the q can work like "quickshift" when used with 01 lens (i dont have 02 to test but i guess its the same) if u got the "x2/4 when manual focusing" activated, you makes the focus on AF, hold shutter half run, then just rotate the manual focus ring on lens, make focus precisely through "focus peaking + x4 view", and anywhere you want it to focus on it will keep your focus choice, and focus is perfect. maybe i'm kinda late with that, anyway, focus peaking gives it a real boost!

10-25-2012, 03:42 PM	#42
mike.hiran Site Supporter Join Date: May 2007 Location: portland Photos: Albums Posts: 1,491	it's so much faster with the toy lenses and the fisheye. loving focus peaking!

10-25-2012, 04:30 PM	#43
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	Just installed it and the focus peaking is awesome with me M50mm and Tak 135mm... can't wait to try it with my Sigma 600mm mirror! And I don't know if it's my imagination or real, but autofocus seems a tad quicker and more accurate... (in low contrast scenes I used to get a lot of "red square", now not so much). Pat

10-25-2012, 04:39 PM	#44
NickLarsson Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Paris, France Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,390	Hi, A bit off-topic sorry, but have you seen any improvements regarding AF speed ? Thanks. Edit: sorry, didn't see ve2vfd post when posting mine

10-25-2012, 04:46 PM	#45
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,267	Firmware v1.01 (only released a week or so ago) certainly improved the AF speed. I'm not sure v1.10 has improved it further....