Ralf, Did you try dropping out the focusing screen and re-seating it? I have fixed alignment and focusing problems in my K10D thus.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Ralf R. Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: > My K10D has contracted a focussing > problem. Optimum sharpness in the > viewfinder and the AF confirmation in the display are way > apart, with > the AF signal being correct. > > Well, not to worry, I thought, let's give a call to the > great Pentax > service guys at Hamburg and find out what can be done about > it. Just a > quick click to the pentax.de website for their phone > number.... > > YIKES!!! No more Pentax number, instead the address and > number of a > company I had never heard of. Ah well... the announced > restructuring, > the move of Pentax Europe to Paris and the disbanding of > Pentax' own > service department in Hamburg which had an outstanding > reputation over > many years. > > OK then, sigh, dialling the new number. A woman answers the > phone with > "Canon Service xyz... can I help you?" > > Canon Service??? WTF??? Oh yes, they've also been appointed > Germany's > only official Pentax service a week ago, she explains. > > No, sorry, she goes on, no idea what might be the trouble > with my > camera. But I could mail it in for an inspection. Their > turnaround > times? Oh, some 4 to 5 weeks. WHAT??? After over 30 years > of a Pentax > service where 2 weeks were already considered as rather > long? > > Listen Hoya, one of the main reasons for Germans to buy > Pentax was the > greatest service on earth provided by your folks in > Hamburg. No, you > haven't just shot yourselves in the foot. You've nuked them > off. Both. > > Still fuming, > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - > Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
