On my K10D I have the AF button set so that it switches to the center AF spot. Since I often take the AF spot wandering about the frame, I find this very useful.
I suspect the K20D can be set similarly. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 10/4/08, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It dawned on me that of all the buttons on the back of > the K20, the > > one I've never ever hit is "AF". Its > effect seems identical to > > squeezing the shutter a bit. So I went and looked > around in the > > manual; it entirely escapes me why this button exists > and what you'd > > use it for. So obviously I'm missing something... > -T > > If you have a lens with Quick-Shift focusing, you can set > the camera > up so that AF is only on the AF button and then have > full-time Manual > focus with AF accessible with the press of a button. > That's how I have > my D300 setup, as the only two AF lenses I regularly use > with it are > my 16-85VR and 10-20HSM which both have Full-Time Manual > Focusing. > > It's near useless if you don't have QSF/FTM capable > lenses. > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

