I'd second Aahz's comments. Pentax has a reputation for viewfinders, but cheaped it out with penta mirrors. Check the manual or internet on hot pixels in your camera. There are tests to find them and kill them automatically. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013, Ed Keeney wrote: >> >> Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years >> now. It's been a great piece of equipment. >> >> While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take >> friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the only Pentax >> shooter). The first thing I noticed was how clear the subject looked >> through the view finder. Hmm, I thought to myself, why doesn't my >> camera look that way. I'm sure when I hand off my camera to others, >> they're thinking the same thing; this Pentax sure doesn't look good. > > Maybe because the K100D has a pentaMIRROR and the ones you were looking > at have a pentaPRISM. I noticed that Larry's K-x was rather dark/muddy > compared with the K-5; guessed it was the KatzEye, but Larry said it was > pentamirror vs pentaprism. You'll definitely need a body upgrade if > that's the issue: as others said, a used K-5, K-7, or K-30 would give you > significant improvements. (Go for the K-5 unless you're on a really > tight budget.) > > keh.com has several > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > > -- > 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.
