The screens are also interchangeable. Is there a bit of play involved in the focusing screen? gs
On 1/29/06, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rob Studdert wrote: > > On 29 Jan 2006 at 20:13, Gonz wrote: > > > > > >>I'm very disappointed with the viewfinder/base misalignment. This means > >>that you have to level the camera by looking through the viewfinder at > >>some reference (and ignore the viewfinder/sensor mis-alignment for now), > >>and not depend on the tripod being level. This is unacceptable, one > >>should not have to take a level with them to make their camera level, it > >>should be enough to get a rough leveling using the levels built into the > >>tripod head. The nicer tripods have two levels orthogonal to each > >>other, which should be sufficient to get a pretty decent leveling. This > >>defect is a real pain and should not happen in a camera like the D, > >>which is currently the DSLR standard bearer from Pentax. I'm wondering > >>whether this is happening pretty much on all *D cameras, or I have a > >>defective one. If you look at the design of the *D, the top, which is > >>what the viewfinder is aligned with, is definitely not parallel with the > >>base, which leads me to believe that all *D cameras have this problem. > > > > > > The base should be your reference, what were you referring to when you > > mentioned alignment WRT the "top"? Looking at various pics of the chassis I > > doubt very much that the sensor could be misaligned as much as 1 degree > > given > > the design and the apparent fixing points and guides. However the prism > > alignment is likely the source of your woes, not great but understandable, > > it > > only has to be rotated slightly to tilt the view. The prism is point > > clamped in > > a plastic yoke, it should be able to be aligned by a tech pretty easily. > > > > The base is my reference. When I level the base, i.e. its attached very > firmly to my tripod which has been leveled carefully, the viewfinder is > not level with respect to another level reference, i.e. a grid on a wall > perpendicular to my camera. > > If I take a picture, the sensor is not level with the grid either. So > apparently both the viewfinder and the sensor are askew. > > > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > > >
