>>Then I tried Live View focusing. And guess what - it got
>worse
>>as well!
>
>I'm sure you realise that Live View uses a completely separate
>AF system. If there are problems with both, there must be
>something more basically wrong with your camera.

Yes, I understand that. That is why I am surprised at that fact. I am not sure as to why that would happen. But my test images before I sent the camera in and after I got it back seem to indicate that it actually happened.

>That's not a scratch. It's due to the partially-silvered
>finish of that part of the mirror for AF purposes, and it
>quite normal. If you'd looked carefully before sending the
>camera in, you would always have seen it.

Hrmm.. Well, I have to reason not to believe you. But I did look at the mirror before and I have never seen it there. Now I'm quite confused. I need to check out my other camera and see if I've got the same stripe there.

>Hopefully you will get things sorted out in time

Thanks Brian. I hope so too. I was pretty upset yesterday when I got my camera and saw that it didn't really get adjusted/fixed but quite the opposite.

Alex
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