gelly Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hey there people. I'm looking at purchasing a Sony NEX 5n (or maybe SLT a57) - for video. I currently own a few Pentax K manual lenses. Can anyone tell me whether focus peaking will work using the Pentax glass (and dumb lens adapter) on these Sony cameras. Any advice greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richg101 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 it will. there is a knack to using it - at first you think all is in focus then realise you should have focused in a little more. after a week you will get to know the characteristics and nail most shots straight away. peaking tends to work best with less wide lenses such as 35-50mm at larger apertures. the shallower the depth of focus the easier it is to see the focus peaking work. also you need good contrasty lighting conditions so it can pick up edges of subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelly Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 [quote name='richg101' timestamp='1343631223' post='14717'] it will. there is a knack to using it - at first you think all is in focus then realise you should have focused in a little more. after a week you will get to know the characteristics and nail most shots straight away. peaking tends to work best with less wide lenses such as 35-50mm at larger apertures. the shallower the depth of focus the easier it is to see the focus peaking work. also you need good contrasty lighting conditions so it can pick up edges of subjects. [/quote] Hey richg101, thanks for the reply. That's great news. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenogears Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Saddly the Pentax to alpha adapter have a glass on it, so the NEX suit better for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelly Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 [quote name='xenogears' timestamp='1343673976' post='14726'] Saddly the Pentax to alpha adapter have a glass on it, so the NEX suit better for this. [/quote] Woah. Very good tip xenogears. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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