Bumpety bump......

Silver 31s are like hen's teeth I know, but thought I'd ask! Mint or near mint, preferably boxed with pouch.
Cheers
Chris

The camera is being collected on Monday by City-link for inspection and dismemberment by Pentax. Kudos to Mark at Clifton Cameras for arranging. I would prefer a replacement but, of course, it's a Limited Edition and I don't think replacements are available.

The LCD glass appears to be a sandwich construction and some dust is under the outer layer of glass and some is under the inner layer. I think static electricity could be the culprit and suspect that dust is getting in around the edge of the glass as it is being cleaned. I use regularly washed Pentax optical cleaning cloths to wipe LCDs and I'm pretty sure that when I tried to wipe off what I thought was specks of surface dust, more appeared inside. I think it unlikely that zoom lenses are to blame. My other older K-5 has had a wide variety of zooms bolted on and its LCD is pristine. Incidentaly, there are no signs of dust inside the top LCD, only the rear screen. There are several Silver K-5 owners on the other forum with a similar problem so it would appear to be a manufacturing fault. What I cannot understand is how Pentax has managed to introduce a fault into a camera that is reaching the end of its production run and should have all its wrinkles ironed out by now! Hopefully new owners, Ricoh, will kick the appropriate butts and sort out quality control.

I certainly will no longer take either of my K-5s out in wet weather which was one of their heavily publicised attractions. I'm really peeved about this and wonder just what sort of testing, if any, is undergone by new Pentax products before release to the market.

Not sure if this has been mentioned here before, if so my apologies. I have a black K-5 which is about 6 months old, had regular use with a variety of lenses including an 18-135 and a bigma (which must be a real mothersucker!) and has zero dust behind the LCD. I also have a Silver K-5 which is a month old, has a shutter count of under 1000, been used with the same 18-135, a 43 Limited and a 77 Limited, supposedly has a bombproof glass cover yet has a large amount of dust under the glass mainly to the left hand side of the LCD. Peculiarly it seems to be in two layers - just under the surface of the glass and a couple of millimetres deeper. I have never seen this on any other camera, and I have had plenty. Yet again an indication of poor Pentax quality control. Any others here with this problem? There are several sufferers on the other forum.

I always wash my lenses on a wool cycle with a slow spin! I find the lens's sphincter prefers it.

I've now cancelled my siggie order in favour of a used 12-24 from SRS, so I will shortly be able to answer my own original query.

I shoot raw. CA settings have no effect on PF. I lose it in Lightroom using the purple slider - dead easy if there is no other purple in the image. It changes blue sky slightly, but a tweak of the blue slider fixes that. If there is purple in the image I have to spend a bit more time in Elements. This issue is fairly minor. My 7D overexposed with monotonous regularity - I used exp comp more on that camera than any other. All cameras have foibles, it's a question of finding one with a foible or two you can live with!

The PF problem is, I believe, sensor based. What is interesting is that some lenses seem to induce it and others don't. Anyone know why? Also, can anyone answer my original question which was - does the 12-24 induce it?

I loved my K20, bought a K-7, had severe focus issues, was (I think) badly served by Pentax service who didn't want to know, like a prat I sold all my Pentax gear in a pathetic fit of pique, bought a 7D and lenses, started to loath the poor ergonomics and size of the thing and it's telescopes, and came snivelling back to Pentax. I love my K-5 and cannot believe the difference in focussing accuracy compared to my K-7. It still has a slightly dim viewfinder and viewfinder info that is difficult to see in bright light but is in a different league entirely to the 7D when it comes to practicality and ease of use. It is a superb camera even with the PF issue - but it would be great if Pentax could sort it!

It's not a problem per se as it is easily removed and the 18-135 shows it more than the 35, (both of which are great lenses). I am at work at the moment but will post examples tomorrow if I can figure out how to do it. I am just curious to know if anyone is experiencing a similar thing with the 12-24 and the K-5

I currently have a Siggie 8-16mm on back order with SRS (I originally ordered a "bargain" from ebay but the stock did not materialise - will I never learn!). Because of all the good things I constantly hear (and see) about the 12-24 I am am thinking of forsaking the 4mm difference and switching my order. I am however a little concerned about the tendency of the K-5 to exhibit PF in contrast extremis with some lenses. Mine shows it with my 18-135 and 35 f2.4. It does not show it with my DA 55-300 or Siggie 105 macro, though stuff like branches against a sky always seem to have a slight purple hue. It's easily got rid of and I'm hoping Captain Pentax is able to issue a firmware fix for it but if it's a sensor problem I don't see how he can. Anyone here using a 12-24 with a K-5 and if so any problems?