----- Original Message ----- From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: Henrys has K20d STOCK
> > I know my istD and all my Nikons focus as should be, except the D1 in > REALLY bad light. > > One big diifernce thou, on the Nikons, i can see the miss focus in the > finder. I cannot see this in the K10D finder, as i say it looks > focused. > > On a side note, it seems Nikon, Pentax etc knows there is a problem, > are we the test subjects, is there a problem, or are we/they just > ignoring it, > > Dave, who is willing to spend some cash, but wisely My istD was good too, but it was a $2000.00 when I bought it, so it damned well should have been. I really think that for what we are paying for a camera as well equipped as the K10/K20, we just have to tolerate a lower standard of quality control. Your contact at Pentax summed it up quite well when he said the average user wouldn't notice the problem, but the pro would. I would gladly pay extra for a K20 that had gone through a full QC check and adjustment if it meant that these niggling little flaws would not be a concern. Unfortunately, Pentax wants to sell cameras, and a K20 priced at 20-30% more is going to be less desirable to the bulk of the market. Most of the leisure photographers that I know just nail the image with unsharp mask until it is forced, kicking and screaming all the way, into a semblance of in focus. Sadly, these are the consumers who dictate what kind of crap we have to tolerate. If Pentax gets their Pro Service off the ground, I am going to do is see if I can pay them to put my cameras, K10 and K20 both, onto an optical bench and align the screen and both the imaging and AF sensors. 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.
