Originally posted by Pan Kleks Thanks! I'm loving the setup however I did have to clean the sensor on my K10D (actually cleaned it on both K10Ds) because some photos had a huge banana shape black mark in them. When I opened up the camera and looked at it sure enough there was a banana shape piece of dust/hair on the sensor.
I guess I shouldn't be saying this but since my K10D has issues and is probably not worth anything, when it came time to clean the sensor I actually used a slightly damp 100% cotton fabric and just cleaned it with my hands. No issues as there is a film protecting the sensor (AA filter?). Worked like a charm.
I've never done it to any other cameras though, as I felt I could get another K10D for less than the cost of a CLA if something went wrong.
The K10D does seem to attract more dust than my other Pentax other cameras, but it's not that bad and usually a rocket blower will take care of things.
Quote: Also, I don't know if it's because of the K10Ds autofocus or shooting almost wide open but I seem to get a lot of photos to come out blurry and out of focus, more so than with any other camera. And I do wait for the green autofocus confirmation in the viewfinder to appear before taking photo. I need to do further testing/shooting to see what the issue is.
I think it might be user error though because for the last couple years I've been shooting medium format film (GA645) and I've shot mostly landscapes at f16 where everything was in focus, not to mention the GA645 has one of the sharpest lenses ever made.
The one issue I did have with my K10D from the time I bought it was that the AF was off - for all lenses. I had to do an AF adjustment and took a while doing test shots to make sure it was good. I found I needed something like +270 which is almost the adjustment limit (which I think is 300 either way). But my focus now is right on with the DA 35 2.4 and F 50 1.7. I haven't tested it with other lenses because I prefer manual focus lenses on the K10D most of the time...