Yes, same thought here. Maybe a little drop of denatured alcohol on  
the cloth.

It's certainly possible that it does need some sort of service. But  
likely it is simply either just a little dirty or you are noticing  
these quirks more.

I don't abuse my camera equipment, but I don't treat it particularly  
specially either. It seems to fare pretty well regardless.

Godfrey

On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:

> Unless they are visibly crudded up, I'd just polish them gently with a
> microfiber cloth at first.
>
> Boris Liberman wrote:
>> Godfrey, in a nutshell you're telling me, that my K10D is perfectly
>> normal and that except, may be cleaning (last cleaned by local  
>> service
>> almost a year ago), it requires no special attention at all.
>>
>> That's what I've been thinking but this is the very first time since
>> 2002 (when I bought my first AF film body by Pentax) the AF of any
>> camera I ever held in my hands behaved that strangely. In fact, my
>> simple ZX-L (MZ-6) still works perfectly well in all regards,  
>> including AF.
>>
>> Which liquid I could use to clean the mount contacts on the body?
>> Perhaps it is time I cleaned the mount properly?!
>>
>> Generally I don't hmmm treat my gear any specially. I try not to  
>> abuse
>> it but that's about as far as it gets.

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