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Forum: Photographic Technique
02-17-2019, 07:55 PM
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I sold my K-70 and bought a lightly used K3ii. I now use back button focus on both my Pentax and my Panasonic bridge camera and can't imagine shooting any other way. It DID take a couple of weeks of acclimation, so don't try it once and give up! SEL, I still don't use, as most of the photography I take are photos of opportunity of moving subjects (birds mostly, and my cats) and spot focus and recompose just seems much more able to provide the "keeper" I want. I'm posting again here because while my time with the K-70 was relatively short (about 3000 shots) I was impressed, and surprised, at how accurate "catch in focus" tended to be with this particular body, usually with a vintage prime on board, like my beloved 50mm 1.7. I expect the KP might be at least as capable and perhaps some of the older bodies as well (my previous Pentax was a K10D and I never did learn catch in focus while I had it).
Pentax M 50mm f/1.7, back button focus, catch in focus.
IMGP5642 by oktyabr, on Flickr
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Forum: Photographic Technique
12-21-2018, 10:33 PM
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Great thread, what I've read of it.
I have the K70 and have tried to learn this "back focus" technique using it. For some reason my green button no longer suggests/resets to/re-samples the frame? I've been through the settings menus so many times I think I will see them behind closed eyelids when I go to sleep tonight! What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
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