Originally posted by Cuchulainn I've been seeing it. Here are my camera details:
Manufacture Date : 2008:02:19
Production Code : 3
Internal Serial Number : 60267
Going to wait till after christmas to get it fixed - I went by Jessops last week and they agreed that it is a problem and that they would help me get it fixed by Pentax.
Wow, that concerns me because my camera is just a little bit older than yours.
Does the banding appear all the time or in specific conditions. I have only taken about 20 photos thus far and I have not encountered the banding yet.
What do I have to do to encourage the banding problem to appear (if it exists in my camera)?
This is very preliminary but it seems as though the problem may not be due to a specific production run or older components.
Perhaps the issue:
- component(s) prone to failure (and I'm not affected because I haven't
taken enough photos yet) or or simply a random failure (some do/will,
some do not/will not).
Did the K20D ALWAYS exhibit this problem or did it appear eventually?
My picture count is about
: 300 (this info is in the EXIF) what is yours?
- component(s) are temperature sensitive. I think Phillip suggested this is not
the case. What is the temperature recorded for the photos that exhibit this
problem? The lowest internal temperature in my photos, thus far, is 15 c.
- component(s) exhibit a failure only during specific settings. My first test photos
were all taken in Av mode at all ISOs. Perhaps I should take other settings?
What are the specific settings used when you see this problem?
Anything else?