Originally posted by x-country They should be inspired by Sony/Fuji/Olympus because their peaking is far better than the peaking in current K-3.
I use manual lenses quite a bit.
The only real difference I appreciate is that my Sony will let you change the colour. The Pentax white doesn't suit when the scene contains bright elements - yellow or red are much nicer.
Having said that,
1. If you turn on the flashing red highlight warning, this can work in conjunction with the focus peaking in a bright scene - you look for where they coincide and fine tune appropriately.
2. Magnification is more dependable anyway. In a high contrast scene, the focus peaking can be optimistic, and in a low contrast scene, it may not display at all!
Ultimately, the split prism focus screen in my K-30 is faster and more reliable than either Live View method, but unfortunately/understandably, the new Heads Up Display stuff in the K-1 means its screen can't be swapped out.