If you catch the light just right you can see the matte finish that is etched onto the plastic.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 2:55 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > It might be a fingerprint on the focusing screen. The screen is removable. > > I just checked my K-3 and there's no such pattern visible through its > viewfinder. > > On 3/28/2015 5:38 AM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >> >> Hello all! (De-lurking for a quick technical question.) >> >> I just got a Pentax K-3, and while toying with it and photographing a >> landscape, I noticed something "weird" in the viewfinder, namely if I >> point the camera at the sky (or a bright source light), I see in the >> viewfinder a faint fingerprint-like pattern, especially on the edges >> of the frame. >> >> In fact I've noticed this only after I've noticed a small dark spot in >> the upper left side of the frame, which I assume is some dirt on the >> focusing screen (as it doesn't appear in the actual photos). (I'll >> closely inspect the mirror today.) >> >> The dirt and the fact that my Pentax K-30 doesn't have this >> fingerprint-like pattern, made me wonder if by any chance there is >> something wrong with my K-3's focusing screen. (Although I found some >> "chatter" on the internet which might suggest that this pattern is >> indeed to be expected.) >> >> Anyone noticed something similar on their K-3? >> >> Thanks, >> Ciprian. >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > 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.
