Originally posted by ryan s I transplanted the focusingscreen.com Canon S-type from the K-5 into the K-3 today, works perfectly with the stock shim. Same exact procedure, I wouldn't be surprised if Pentax even reused the same parts.
Originally posted by DogLover One note though, that's awesome that it worked for you without having to change the shim, I should be so lucky, but it won't necessarily be that way for everyone. There are variations in individual bodies. There was quite a bit of this when everyone first starting getting the s-screens in their K-5's. Of course, if they've found a way to eliminate these variances with the K-3, that would be freakin' awesome!
Well, turns out that I, too,
was so lucky! I just installed my S-screen in my replacement K-3 that I received Friday and tried it with the stock shim first. Bingo! If something really has changed on the K-3 that makes this swap work without re-shimming then what a bonus from the folks at Ricoh. I would imagine that it's something inadvertent, but I'll take it. I would definitely like to hear from other users that do this to see if this is indeed a known difference between the K-3 and previous bodies or if we're just
that lucky. Re-shimming is absolutely the worst part of doing this, so I'm pretty excited!