John and Bill, I'm concerned that correcting the back-focus with the 16-45 will make the 50-200 and 50/1.7 front-focus. Is that a legitimate worry?
Rick --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Celio" > Subject: Re: K10D focusing quirk > > > >> Result: The FA 50 was spot-on, the DA 50-200 was > >> slightly back-focused, and the DA 16-45 was > >> significantly back-focused (by about 20 cm at the > 1.5m > >> distance). > >> > >> Obviously any global adjustment that fixes the > 16-45 > >> focus will throw the other two off. > >> > >> Any similar experiences? > > > > As you may recall, I had the same problem with my > K10D and sent it in to > > Pentax in early December. They fixed it and got > it back to me in less > > than > > two weeks (which still blows me away when I think > about it. that was > > incredibly fast). My camera was still under > warranty (by a hair's > > breadth), > > so that helped make the turnaround as fast as it > was. If your camera is > > not > > under warranty and you send it in, they will have > to send you an estimate > > for the repair cost for you to approve before they > can begin work. > > > > Having had the same problem as you and now having > it repaired, I can say > > for > > a fact that it is completely worth the wait and > possible cost. > > What John said plus, if you are still on the last > firmware revision, it is > possible to access a menu in the firmware that > allows the auto focus to be > adjusted (a software bias, not a hardware fix). I > made use of it and was > able to improve the overall AF of my K10. > > Note to Pentax: Better quality control in this area > would be nice. There is > no reason other than poor QC for a camera to have > out of adjustment AF out > of the box. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- 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.
