Originally posted by Dartmoor Dave Feeling a bit tyred.
Ah, I guess those are what they call "snow tyres"!
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Originally posted by Dartmoor Dave Okay, I've finally bothered to read through that 9 page thread about tilted K10Ds. So here's a couple of suggestions further to what I said above about the focusing screen frame.
Put your camera on a table with the shake reduction turned off, making sure that the edge of the table is visible and in focus at the bottom of the viewfinder. Does the edge of the table look straight in the viewfinder? If not, then check your focusing screen as I said above. If the edge of the table does look straight in the viewfinder, take a photo (SR off) and check if it's straight in the photo. If it's tilted in the photo then your sensor is misaligned and there's nothing you can do to fix it yourself.
If you do turn out to have a misaligned sensor, the easiest thing would be to tweak the focusing screen so that the viewfinder image is deliberately misaligned to match the misaligned sensor. Judging by those two old threads, it looks like that's how Pentax "fixed" a lot of the cameras that were sent in for service.
Yes, I read through those threads too, Dave, and I was not convinced that my problem was caused by a tilt in the focusing screen.
I performed a similar test to the one you suggest. Camera on tripod with SR off, spirit level test on tripod, camera and subject (which was a metal window frame). All were 100% level but the image was not. Therefore, the sensor is not level and you have also come to the same conclusion. I am not sure that I want to fiddle with the focus screen as I find it much easier to fix it in post if required. It only takes a couple of seconds and I am very used to doing it now.
My greatest relief is knowing that I am not alone. I wonder how difficult it would be to realign a sensor - not that I would consider trying it. It may not even be possible.
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Originally posted by paulh A day at the park in early March - DA18-55 on K10D:
The clouds in that 3rd image are wonderful, Paul.