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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-03-2009, 09:05 AM
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Are you saying that it's a feature, not a bug? What's the purpose of this behavior?
I did this this morning and snapped 22 shots of various parts of my back yard and it autofocused perfectly on all of them. I had shot a few photos outside the previous day, but it was much later in the day with not as much light, and it did exhibit the problem (or feature) then, but I guess it's possible I just didn't have enough light for AF to work?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-02-2009, 12:29 PM
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Thanks, that helps: this was happening while I was shooting the same subject, from nearly the same exact position. I'd take 3 or 4 photos successfully, pausing to review them on the LCD after each exposure, then on the 4th or 5th one the AF would just stop working, even though I just took a nearly-identical photo a few seconds before.
I only have the one lens, so I can't test that, but I'll try it without the flash and see what happens. The lens is brand new and I've taken good pictures with it on the camera, so I don't think it's at fault.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-02-2009, 10:44 AM
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Hi all:
My apologies if this has been covered elsewhere on the site, I searched and didn't see anything, and the window of time I have to return this camera is closing fast, if the camera is the problem. I bought it last month when Best Buy had K20D refurbs on sale, but I didn't get a lens till a couple weeks later (I'm totally new to DSLRs and digital photography in general, just had a digital P&S prior to this).
The problem is that autofocus seems to stop working for no reason while I'm shooting. I'll take a few shots, then on the next shot, the camera seems to run the AF motor through all of the lens' AF range, then quit without focusing. The camera won't allow me to take the photo (not that I'd want to, since it's not focused). Switching to Live View mode and back again seems to fix it, so does switching from AF-Single to AF-Continuous mode and back again. Turning the camera off and on again fixes it some of the time. The lens I'm using is a brand new Pentax 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 DA AL WR. As this is a new endeavor for me I unfortunately don't have another lens I can test this with, nor do I have the knowhow to determine whether this is some problem with the camera or some user error on my part. The camera is firmware version 1.03 (it came with 1.01, I flashed it to 1.03). I'm also using a Metz 48AF-1 flash.
Any ideas?
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