Hi, If the focus is still wrong on the film, it's probably the lens. But did you check the dioptre setting on the viewfinder? I had a similar experience until I realised what had happened. Best way to find out is to take half a roll on AF, and the other half on MF, and compare the results.
-- Kristian On Monday, November 5, 2001, at 03:40 AM, Rob Geraghty wrote: > I've noticed that the autofocus on my MZ5 seems less accurate now than > when > I first got it. Has anyone else had problems with this? The AF seems > to > often settle on a focus that I can easily see is wrong in the > viewfinder. > But when I first bought the camera, this didn't happen. The lens is a > Sigma 28-80 f3.5-5.6. I suspect the contacts between the lens and > camera > may need cleaning, but I'm not sure how to do that. I also have to > check > whether it is certain filters making the problem worse. Circular > polarisers > don't seem to help. > > It makes AF a bit pointless because I end up manually focussing. > > Rob - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
