Originally posted by Gray 1. How difficult are the focus points to see against a dark background and in the dark?2. Is it possible to change the AF point colour?
I've been playing with my new K-3 Mark III, but have not exercised it in a lot of lighting conditions. However, I've discovered the following.
The black focus points/boxes are easy to see against a light background or subject. However, I find it somewhat difficult to see them against dark backgrounds or subjects. Black-on-dark doesn't work well.
However, there seems to be an
undocumented feature:
Pressing the
AF Mode button illuminates the viewfinder display with
red lighting, so the VF grid, focus-point array, and other indicators appear in red. The AF Mode button does not need to be kept pressed. This helps the user to position the preferred AF point or array onto a dark subject. For any of the 'moveable' AF points, such as the 21-point array, the boxes will illuminate in red briefly as they are moved around with the AF focus point selector lever.
Applicable to AF.S mode: When autofocus is engaged, whether the red illumination is on or off initially, the camera-selected focus points flash briefly in red, then return to black. I find that this helps to locate the focus points that have been used in the AF action. However, as in my K-3 II, the points flash only momentarily, so one needs to pay attention to the viewfinder.
At the moment, I think it's an elegant implementation. We'll see how I get along with it as I use the camera more extensively.
Hope this makes sense.
More info in my post #4 below.
- Craig