Originally posted by joele MF is much better with Pentax as the manual focus assist is more 'sensitive'.
Joel, I'm glad someone else besides me has noticed and commented on this! MF on my D90 kinda sucks. The 'in-focus' indicator seems to light up through a relatively large degree of the focus throw, making it almost useless. Also, no green button to assist, and of course, no SR in body to make old primes stabilized.
When I bought my D90, I was all excited to try all the old Nikkor AIS lenses, but it's just not a ton of fun with these limitations.
The sharpest shots I get are still with my Pentax Taks, Ms, Ks and As.
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