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I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

Started Apr 18, 2022 | Discussions thread
MarBa Senior Member • Posts: 1,038
Re: I tried a mirrorless. Have you?
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unhappymeal wrote:

Roland Karlsson wrote:

unhappymeal wrote:

Alex Sarbu wrote:

The Squirrel Mafia wrote:

Since the autofocus system is either embedded into the sensor or they utilize contrast detect, you basically never have to adjust a lens for accuracy like you do with a DSLR.

That is a good point - and part of the reason why I'd like to see DSLRs with AF on the main sensor.

With my K-1ii, I have to pretty much calibrate every lens. Works fine after that, but...

Alex

Never having to calibrate a lens is the number one seller of mirrorless for me.

That is the number one reason for me being tempted to switch.

Every time I feel nostalgic and want to pick-up a KP or K-1, I have to remind myself how awful calibrating lenses is and how much harder manual focus using the OVF is compared to an EVF.

I hate this too ... But Pentax could improve the process! This could be entirely automatic with little user input. Simply use LV to focus compare this with AF measurement and calculate correction .. they can even take photos and compare sharpness in the center etc ... All this could be automated for calibration of different focal lengths, or AF points.

So .. yeah .. with bit of software development it could be an easy proces .. put camera on a tripod and press a button!

Best,

M

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