Originally posted by piledon Unbelievable negativity! Guys, do you realize that Pentax engineering is in Japan? Do you have A CLUE what happened there a month ago? Do you think you should maybe back off? Go return the blasted camera if this is such a problem. I'll tell you, I live in an earthquake zone; I have clients in both Christchurch and Tokyo. What happened in Japan was - and still is - very disruptive, more so than the Christchurch quake and way more so than anything I've been in. People in Japan have hardly had an opportunity to begin to get back to normal and you can expect problems and delays for the next 6 months to a year - Tokyo is facing major power shortages this summer so companies are trying to deal with that too. So be patient.
Just to be clear, I really, really sympathize with the Japanese at this calamity. While I'm waiting for the update, I'm not going to spew fire and brimstone about it.
But:
They should have gotten it correct in the first place. I mean how hard can it be to detect that there was a severe FF problem in Tungsten? Aren't there any more of these in Japan?
I'm getting misfocused shots with static subjects (low percentage though) in broad daylight that I did not ever experience in 3 years with my slower focusing DS.
The calamity has hit Japan and maybe it's economy. Losing consumer confidence would not help Pentax one bit at all. And I'm saying that because I want my chosen brand to succeed.
Ok, I think I've said enough on the matter. I'll just be quietly waiting for the fix from now on.