That pattern is part of the screen. The screen is etched plastic and that is how it works.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun <ciprian.crac...@gmail.com> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
