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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-11-2012, 05:02 AM
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You've gotten a bazillion different answers so far, so here's your bazillion and oneth... ;-)
What you have to do first is figure out if it's your technique or the camera. Here's what I'd do:
1) Set the camera to center focus point. This is what I always use & I've never had a problem. Put the thing you want to focus on in the center of the frame, press down halfway to focus, then while holding the shutter release halfway down to retain the focus point, recompose & shoot.
2) Test your camera. Grab the fastest AF lens you have, put your camera on a tripod, and stick a newspaper flat on a wall. Aim the camera straight at the newspaper and shoot with the lens wide open. Do it 3 or 4 times from different distances . If you can clearly and consistently see the fibers in the paper & microdots of ink with no blurring, etc., your camera is ok.
3) If it's not, you can recalibrate the focus according to the camera manual. (I have a K-x, so it's likely a different procedure with mine. I can't tell you the exact method with the K-5.) Write down the setting before you change it so you can go back to it if you get it out of whack.
We have 5 Pentax DSLRs in my house. 3 of them needed a little tweaking to be dead-on-the-money all of the time accurate focusing. I think if you approach it methodically and logically, you'll get it sorted out.
Cheers,
Bobbo :-)
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