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Hoya CEO: "We will not shut down this business.”
You just want to brag!:lol: Back on OT, as John says, adaptors allow even older glass to be used, so anybody marketing a new camera brand would be wise to adopt a mount with so much usability. The end result would sell to older film users and new digital users who had bags full of lenses they ...
Posted by Hardgravity on 28/10/2009 - 16:37
k20d and metz af-1 58
Seems a reset is in order. Press and hold the mode button for 3 seconds until the text reset is in the display. After about another 3 seconds the display reverts to default and the flash is back to factory settings. (Page 115 from the manual)
Posted by golfdiesel on 28/10/2009 - 20:34
Focus screen tool
Hi I need to clean my focus screen on my K200d. I dont fancy trying this without the propper tool.I have looked on the pentax website but cannot see any reference to it. Does anyone know where this can be obtained from? regards gtw
Posted by gtw on 29/10/2009 - 06:30
Focus screen tool
TBH i usually just give it a wipe with a lenscloth. Does not seem to do any harm. Perhaps more worthy members have better suggestions:?: Davex.
Posted by davex on 29/10/2009 - 08:00
Focus screen tool
Be very careful and dont touch it if you can avoid doing so, they are very easily damaged, I would use a blower. To remove it you only need tweesers and a steady hand. Push up the little clip and a frame holding the screen drops down, then carefully lift the screen out by the tab. The proper t...
Posted by gartmore on 29/10/2009 - 08:28
Focus screen tool
Most of the time it's better to leave it alone, I only very carefully wipe the expose bottom of it but besides that I do nothing. Have heard horror stories here about it and the screens are quite dust sensitive and soft so when you take them out handle with absolute care.
Posted by Anvh on 29/10/2009 - 10:24
Focus screen tool
i am having issues with my screen. plenty of dust has entered and a blower has only removed a few specks. Frustrating.
Posted by ericp on 29/10/2009 - 11:23
Focus screen tool
Throw the blower away I marked both my screens with it, it blows the dust into the back causing more problems. :(
Posted by jackitec on 29/10/2009 - 13:04
Focus screen tool
I clean mine with a sensor cleaning swab, Not a new one just one that has already been used for cleaning a sensor but otherwise usable for jobs like that. I also have a home made vacuum, I use a small compressor but a cheap electric tyre inflator will do. I bought a piece of 1/4 in bore plastic tu...
Posted by PeteL on 29/10/2009 - 13:59
Focus screen tool
Throw the blower away I marked both my screens with it, it blows the dust into the back causing more problems. :( I thought we were talking about removing the screen to clean it.
Posted by gartmore on 29/10/2009 - 14:47
Focus screen tool
When I've cut old split focusing screens down to size for my K200D I hold the screen by it's sides and wash it with dish washing liquid soap and a soft artist paint brush, rinse and pat not rub dry with lens tissue. Greg
Posted by gregmoll on 29/10/2009 - 16:08
Focus screen tool
A blower can do the trick if you are patient and lucky. Better: An Arctic Butterfly (statically charged brush) can be used to remove dust from focusng screens and pentaprisms. You can do all this without removing the screen - both sides of the screen - if you just flip it down. I don't know ab...
Posted by iceblinker on 29/10/2009 - 16:30
Focus screen tool
Throw the blower away I marked both my screens with it, it blows the dust into the back causing more problems. :( I thought we were talking about removing the screen to clean it. I was talking to ericp :wink:
Posted by jackitec on 29/10/2009 - 17:51
Focus screen tool
You can`t be too careful how you clean the screen. Actually you can`t be too careful doing anything in that area. I know it`s difficult but the best way to deal with it is to keep it as clean as possible in the first place. About the only thing that won`t stick to the inside of a camera is a housebr...
Posted by cedricd on 29/10/2009 - 19:21
Focus screen tool
Thanks guys for all the advice on Focus screen removal, I shall give it ago without the special tool
Posted by gtw on 29/10/2009 - 20:46
K-x review - essential !!
I might be wrong here (nothing new there!), but for VIDEO isn't the sensor exposed constantly, i.e. there is no shutter speed to adjust? Video is a series of 50 still images per second. CCD cameras work by turning on the sensor for nearly 1/50th sec and charging the sensor to capture the image, then...
Posted by digikid-tv on 29/10/2009 - 21:05
why do pentax still use AA batteries in some models
I was in the Caribbean a couple of years back and went to see a set of water spouts - you could drive part way but then had a 20 to 30 minute walk. When I arrived there were two sets of rather disconsolate looking people - one a "cocky Englishman" who professed to be a photographic expert with hi...
Posted by polchraine on 30/10/2009 - 10:54
why do pentax still use AA batteries in some models
Thanks Polchraine. I'll be visiting that island [Curacao] It's a Dutch island I believe, and the one next to it. CHEERS Vic. PS I'm signing off for now. I'll be back on again tomorrow. Vic.
Posted by vic cross on 30/10/2009 - 21:06
why do pentax still use AA batteries in some models
Thanks Polchraine. I'll be visiting that island [Curacao] It's a Dutch island I believe, and the one next to it. CHEERS Vic. PS I'm signing off for now. I'll be back on again tomorrow. Vic. There is one in the gallery ... https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/water-spout-on-cura-ao-11945 Aruba, Bo...
Posted by polchraine on 30/10/2009 - 22:08
Sensor shootout, K7 vs K-X
You don't view the embedded JEPG when using a proper RAW converter program (as opposed to Pentax's) - a preview is created directly from the RAW data - then the Bright/Natural setting is irrelevant. I don't know who is complaining about noise, but no serious revewier judges a camera's RAW capabil...
Posted by PeteL on 01/11/2009 - 09:45
