Originally Posted by mutley 
(snip) Nikon D300, and Canon 40D have menu interfaces to fine tune the AF for specific lenses, with a memory for a certain number. They've given it to their customers. No questions asked. (snip)
It constantly amazes me to hear individuals incredulously ranting against Pentax for failing to provide some feature in the K10D included in one or two Canon or Nikon cameras costing two or three times more. The Nikon D300 costs $1800, the Canon 40D $1500, and the Pentax K10D $700.
(snip) every single new feature suggestion doable by firmware has been dismissed, or denied, or ignored. Listening to their customers has gotten the K10D absolutely no added functionality since 1.10 in January! (snip)
The same with those ravenously ranting for more. Additional features or capabilities added afterwards are certainly nice. But, once we have the camera in front of us, I don't see how the company is
obliged of provide more than what we originally purchased, with endless rants to follow when they do fail to provide more.
(snip) and Pentax vowing to not allow us to have it (snip) Pentax makes a whole big deal on that K10D owners would not be smart enough to use it (snip)
Companies rarely discuss business/product decisions or considerations with the public. Therefore, I've seen no public comments at all similar to this from Pentax. Please show where Pentax has publically vowed (promised) not to allow us this feature, or where Pentax has made a "big deal" about K10D owners being too stupid to use it.
Instead, I suspect a user adjustable feature like this would, at the very least, require substantial changes to the camera's complex built-in operating software. Considering that, and the limited (or no) benefit for most users, it is more likely the company has simply decided that such an addition is not worthwhile in a camera aimed at this market segment at this time.
stewart