Hello all, i'm a new K200D user, from Italy near Milan. I've bought a used K200 in april, and I have had a problem with af/mf selector on body. I have this problem fixed in a pentax lab, and i'm happy for this.
Now i have a some dust, visible on the viewfinder, but it's not on the first mirror and on the first lens inside the body, maybe the dust is on the pentamirror. However I've clean these manually.
How can i do to clean the viewfinder or the pentamirror?
Thanks all.

Cri

p.s.: K200D is wonderful, and the photo quality are great!

My viewfinder was clear for a few weeks, but dust gets up there. It's just a fact of life. A bulb "rocket" blower is going to be your best bet. The flecks are most likely on the focus screen, and it's really not a good idea to take that out and clean it. They're very very susceptible to scratching/marring, and some chemicals can put a permanent haze on them.

What was the problem with your af/mf selector? Was it stuck in auto focus regardless of position? Mine recently broke and is doing that now. What was the cost to have it repaired?

I agree with pezmaker - viewfinder dust is something we all have to live with after a while. But, since this is a general issue - and not K200D specific - you might want to ask in the "General Trouble Shooting Forum" where the audience is larger.

Anyway, enjoy your K200D - you got a fine camera!

Hello,
Thank you for your reply.
I had fixed with 85 euro's, and the tec specification was: " Selector fixed and remake of the af/mf circuit".
I remember that the pin on body, on K graft, don't work when af/mf was pushed, and when the camera was in AF mode, sometimes the focus gear, turn left and right like it was mad!
Repair tooks 3 weeks!
Good Luck!
Cri

Hi
I just discovered by chance that in the process of swapping the lenses from a DAL to an M the AF/MF did not work anymore.
I thought it was faulty and did not bother for a while as I always leave it in the AF position.
Solution:
1) Switch ON the Body without the lens and set the dial from M to AUTO
2) Move the switch from MF to AF or viceversa.
3) Switch Off the camera
4) Mount the AF lens with the AF switch in AF position.and the dial in AUTO
5) try few shots and your AF should be working again.
If not remove the lens and turn on the camera and retry from point 2.

This worked in my case saving me to send the camera to assistance.

I hope it helps

Thanks for the response. The problem is actually the other way around, and I'm pretty sure I physically broke a connecting piece within the system. I have permanent AF whether I turn the switch to MF or have it on AF. The switch was physically stuck at one point, and instead of trying to jiggle it and other things, I tried to force it. I felt a little snap and it moved again, and MF never worked again. I think the switch/AF engage mechanism was wisely designed to fail into AF on in the event of a linkage break. I can certainly think of worse issues than being stuck permanently in AF mode.

Dave