Ed, Ed Mathews wrote:
> In short, yes I've noticed your exact problem, and sold most of my > Pentax gear because of it <ducking the rotten tomatoes being thrown at > me now>. The problem is more noticeable at further distances, and it > varies from lens to lens and camera to camera. This is very helpful, thanks. I will add that I was not initially conscious of the problem when playing with the camera in the shop until I compared it with a second body (a demo they were offering at a substantial discount). I ended up not buying either because I was able to negotiate a good price in another shop for a new body. I can easily see how it might not be noticeable unless you routinely swap between auto- and manual focus when composing the same scene. > So I got sick of this and frustrated with it, and went and bought a > Nikon F100. It focuses perfectly every time. But I don't like the > Nikon AF glass nearly as much as the Pentax glass, and the weight, > handling, and bulk of the system is far less to my liking than Pentax > 35mm system. This is my quandary also. My route to Contax came via Minolta, then Canon EOS and having experienced the colour saturation and contrast of Zeiss lenses, I could never go back to the lower contrast and somewhat cold presentation of Canon (and I presume Nikon). I have moved into Pentax because I wanted a compact, high quality camera (with AF) and fine lenses offering similar optical qualities of Zeiss (I am aware that the SMC multi coating on Pentax lenses is the equal if not superior to the T* coating on Zeiss lenses). I am keeping my Contax kit but the AX is large and heavy and the MZ-S offers, what I thought was the perfect, no compromise, go anywhere camera. For the moment I remain open minded. I will return the lens first, try a second and see what's what! There really are no alternatives left for me. I do not like Nikon, won't go back to Canon or Minolta (both too large and heavy and gizmo laden) and Contax offer nothing else that is as good value as the Pentax. Leica is way too expensive for me and in any case the R8 is too big and the R7 basically a Minolta XG-M in disguise. I would even be prepared to accept the AF shortcomings of the MZ-S if it becomes clear that it is a generic design issue and not simply a fault in either camera or lens and use it just as a manual focus camera. I'll keep you posted on progress. Best regards Martin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
