That's a great story. I know the K20D has that capability and the K10D could be hacked in the original firmware version to do some adjusting. It doesn't surprise me that the K10D could be improved and wasn't. You are also the first person I've heard this from. Of course, that still means the problem "can't" be fixed, just that the "can't" has a higher proportion of "won't". ;-)
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3 September 2010 10:49, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually, I did a version of this and sent my K10D to be corrected. I >> included my FA50 which they used for calibration and that lens always >> worked well. The problem is that the K10D did not allow different >> corrections for different lenses which is a problem that really can't >> be fixed by anyone. It's really frustrating to do a test and >> determine the precise nature of a problem that's impossible to fix. > > Steven, > > Back when my K10D developed a missaligned mirror I was on the phone > with a tech about it and he told me the K10D had memory to store AF > settings for 5 individual lenses, and that if I sent in my (Pentax > brand) lenses with the camera they would callibrate the camera to > them. For some reason I can't remember right now I didn't want to put > my Limiteds, FA 50 and FA 20 into a box going to Colorado, so I just > sent the camera in by itself. > > I did ask the tech why Pentax didn't just release a firmware update to > allow us to adjust lenses ourselves, even if it were just 5 (instead > of the 20 the K20D provided). His reply was a polite version of "who > the f**k knows why Pentax does what it does". > > I imagine Pentax doesn't want to cannibalised sales of future models, > but guess what Pentax, I never upgraded to the K20D, or the K-7, and > knowing that you could give us user AF adjust and decide not to do it, > pisses me off a lot more than the money you've made by not updating > the firmware. > > Your truly, > > > --M. > -- > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
