Originally posted by pimpim Looking at the forums it seems the K-R had some quality control issues with the e-dial and users report front-focus issues under certain light.
The E-Dial of the K-m, K-x and K-r are all three the same. The most reported issues were with the K-x E-dial, for which I wrote a tutorial:
Tutorial E-Dial (Thumbwheel) Repair Pentax K-r, K-x and K-m (K2000) - PentaxForums.com
Front-focus with tungsten (wolfram) -light! This wasn't solved with firmware.
But with LiveView this problem won't come up!
Another issue can be colours, particular orange. But here one has to set AWB/tungsten-setting from Auto to a higher setting, then it works perfect.
But not to forget, reviews were done in 2011, now tungsten is hardly used anymore.
But if one does stage-photos, one has to experiment with AWB!
Originally posted by pimpim If the K-X would need something it is improved AF, but even with its lower hit rate I still am a happy shooter
Maybe should get a K-R for fun, and for getting the most out of that 12mp sensor, will keep an eye open for a fancy colored one.
The coloured versions suffer much quicker from use than the black versions. Particular if the rubber is white or grey (K-S1's can suffer badly there):
The rubber takes on dirt and sweat much quicker, worse of nikotin.
I have a K-x and a K-r here, my wife loves the K-S1 due to small hands and short fingers. But she can hold the K-r better than the K-x.
Originally posted by pimpim I went for a cheap and cheerful focusing-screen for the K-X. It really looks like shit but it's a camera with a monetary value of less than 100 euro anyway.
A split-image focusing screen needs carefull shimming in the K-x, the cheap Chinese-versions even more so.
Originally posted by pimpim I am not the most dexterious person, so scratched it a bit and might even have mounted it the wrong way round so lucky that I didn't do this to a really good focus screen.
If it would be mounted the wrong way then only because you'd had to take the nose/tap because it would be on the wrong side (which happened quite often with the China versions)
They even don't know about the size difference, claim it would work for Pentax DSLRs which is impossible:
https://de.aliexpress.com/i/4000029406459.html Micro Prisma Split Bild Mattscheibe Für Pentax K100D K200D K10D K20D DSLR mattscheibe|Fotostudio-Zubehör| - AliExpress
But installed the wrong way it cannot work!
Originally posted by pimpim Is Katzeye still in business?
Why ask this question of you know the answer?