K10D Changing your focusing screen.

[wheezer53]

Hey, thanks for the video. It walked me through the process perfectly! And took away my fear of doing it. I had to clean and re-clean the focus screen and still have tiny specks of dust. I found out the hard way, you don't use cotton swabs to clean your focus screen or you will scratch it! I will be looking for more informative videos about the Pentax K10d. thanks again

[jrhineberger]

hey i have the pentax k-x and thier is dust inside my viewfijndert and i want to remove the focusing screen to clean it but thier isnt that little tab can u please help me thx

[Y00TU8E]

Nice and easy with all the points bulleted.

Thanks for the info.

[SilnLuna]

just changed mine. what a difference for $24

[GLXLR]

HA! same here except I got my split focusing screen for $20 with shipping! :D

[vagabond197979]

@SilnLuna I'm wanting to get a 50mm Pentax M lens and was thinking about changing my focus screen. Exactly how does it make a difference for manual focusing over the default screen?

[electriktricks]

a manual focussing screen has 3 features which aid you in manual focus: split focus, a microprism and a hyperbolic matte screen

Split focus is a circle in the centre and when you focus on a straight line, the line will appear 'broken' until the image is in focus, so you can use this to get perfect focus. The microprism works in the same way, the image will appear 'speckled' until it's in focus. The hyperbolic matte means that the image appears very out of focus and then 'snaps' into focus- easy

[CoffsSkate09]

well it did make me wanna go change it haha i now have the older style circle and horizotal line from a older pentax..

Cheers champ keep it up

[general24]

I have just exchanged mine, and while its quite confortable and easy to do the switching ( thanks for the video ) one has to be a bit carefull about dust particles. I take the lens off and while i am preparing to take the screen off, i place the white cap on the dslr in the meanwhile

[labrialumn]

It is a lot more fiddly than this makes it seem like. I got dust on my screen. . . Any idea how to get that off? .

The instructions about the metal tab are very unclear, and I would recommend that it be carefully re-shot with enough light, and zoomed focus on that area.

[l0lercycle]

:-o! I broke mine too and I didn't know you could do thiS!

[miniheli]

Pentax is the best!!!

[NoRHK]

thx for an excellent tutorial!

[jambon57]

You have a *spare* focusing screen!?! Ahhh, camera culture!

[dominatus84]

Why would i want to change my focusing screen?

It's handy to know, but i'll never touch the thing so why change it?

Is the stock focusing screen of bad quality?

Since you know how to do this, maybe you know some other tips/techniques to get the best out of my K10d?

Greetings from Holland :)

[bizarrius]

you can change ur focus screen with a katz eye or other make for the split prism, like the old MF focus screens, will change the way you shoot.

[Rock5hox]

Good job with the vid!

[BellinghamSkateVideo]

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[iceblinker]

Good useful video - though some stronger lighting and closer photography would have showed the inside of the camera better.

[kylepcochran]

any advice on cleaning one once you get it out..

its plastic right - so what chemicals are ok?

no cotton i know, can i gently rub it with a lens cloth

[iceblinker]

Do not even rub it with a lens cloth. Even that may mark it. Do not rub it with anything. Do not use any fluid, except maybe as a last resort.

Never touch the screen and it will never get greasy - so you should never need to clean it.

Specks of dust: blow off with a large bulb blower, or gently wipe with an Artic Butterfly statically-charged brush (but make sure the brush is absolutely clean).

[LarryRusso67]

Wow thanks!!! I always wanted to try this!

[vietexpat]

Excellent instruction. I had lots of dust on my K10D focusing screen and this drive my crazy. By following the step from your video, I got rid of 95% of the dust. Thank you so much.

[neofx20]

Excellent Job. Do you know if its the same procedure for a K100D Super? Do you know if it is possible to get instructions of the web for removing the focusing scren? (b/c I want to clean my focusing screen)

[motorcar987]

Thanks for the information. I had some dust on my screen. Looked at your vidio, did what you said. Took it out and blew the dust off of it and put it back. Now, looks great.

[2003yifanwang]

thank you for you video, when I try to clean the focus screen, I made a scratch on a corner, that's really sad and immediately order a new one

Now, after watching your video I know how to change it and without damage to it

Thanks a lot!

[onjai88]

you make it look so easy... thanks for the video.

cheers

[codiac2600]

It's an add-on feature. If you feel you want a scale in your viewfinder they have one of those, if you'd like grid lines they have those. Just an option for people who want something different.