Every silver lining has its cloud, eh Joe? G
On Nov 25, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > Well, you need to cruise over to dpreview to see some of the problems > people are reporting. I understand that there are also K10D problems > reported at Fred Miranda's site, but I don't know how to find > them--there doesn't seem to be a Pentax-specific forum. > > Believe it or not, gang, this isn't a complaint coming from me. So > please don't flame me. My K10D doesn't arrive until next Wednesday, > and > I sincerely hope that it does not display the banding, mottling, and > misfocusing problems that some people are reporting. Yes, I've > expressed > concern about the sensor and some aspects of the design, but I do want > this to be a good camera. I plan for it to be my workhorse. > > Some of the problems can perhaps be discounted as coming from > newcomers. > But a couple of long-time photographers have reported focusing > problems, > especially with the DA 21. There are high ISO images showing banding, > but other makes and/or sensors may have the same problem. I don't know > if the banding that people have shown is less or more than the banding > that the D200 showed when it was first introduced. > > I've just posted a message at dpreview asking people to make sure they > are using the central autofocus sensor before they report focusing > problems. I don't know yet what the reaction will be. I may get > flamed. > One gets used to it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
