New firmware updates today
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:06
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Thanks Gwyn
A little surprised they released an update for the K10/K20, will check out what it does. cheers
A little surprised they released an update for the K10/K20, will check out what it does. cheers
Camera:|K-7|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:17
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The K10D one is an update to make it more stable when recording with certain SDHC cards. I don't own any SDHC cards so I won't be bothering, but it's nice to see Pentax continuing to support older models in this way anyway.
Joining the Q
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:19
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Good spot Gwyn! Reassuring to see them releasing updates for cameras from so far back. Wouldn't have expected that at all.
Looks like they are all to do with SDHC cards so maybe it was easy to roll out to all. Nothing groundbreaking - I've not seen many reported problems in this area. Do you think it is increasing the maximum card size that can be used?
I now need to wait a year for Samsung to produce the equivalent update for the GX20
Looks like they are all to do with SDHC cards so maybe it was easy to roll out to all. Nothing groundbreaking - I've not seen many reported problems in this area. Do you think it is increasing the maximum card size that can be used?
I now need to wait a year for Samsung to produce the equivalent update for the GX20
You will only prise my 43Ltd from my cold, dead hands...
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:20
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Thanks for that, I'm quite surprised too.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:35
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That really surprised me as well!
Amazing. Kudos to Pentax for providing these!
...but I have a few little niggly K7 bugs to report Must get on with that
Matt
Amazing. Kudos to Pentax for providing these!
...but I have a few little niggly K7 bugs to report Must get on with that
Matt
http://www.mattmatic.co.uk
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Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:46
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Mannesty wrote:
Odd that the K20D .exe file is over 7Mb but the K10D update is 1.6Mb.
I suppose its just too much to hope that they've slipped in the ability to switch between SDM and screw focussing?
Yes, of course it is. Silly me.
I wondered the same thing Pete, but I wasn't silly enough too ask.
Odd that the K20D .exe file is over 7Mb but the K10D update is 1.6Mb.
I suppose its just too much to hope that they've slipped in the ability to switch between SDM and screw focussing?
Yes, of course it is. Silly me.
Camera:|K-7|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
Posted 22/04/2010 - 10:58
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Mat I understand there is a silent firmware update out for the K7.
This may help with some of your bugs.
Jim
This may help with some of your bugs.
Jim
Posted 22/04/2010 - 11:38
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WobblyGoblin wrote:
Looks like they are all to do with SDHC cards so maybe it was easy to roll out to all. Nothing groundbreaking - I've not seen many reported problems in this area. Do you think it is increasing the maximum card size that can be used?
They have SDHC logo on the door so that would mean it should take all SDHC cardsLooks like they are all to do with SDHC cards so maybe it was easy to roll out to all. Nothing groundbreaking - I've not seen many reported problems in this area. Do you think it is increasing the maximum card size that can be used?
Mannesty wrote:
Odd that the K20D .exe file is over 7Mb but the K10D update is 1.6Mb.
The K20D has a lot more software based features than the K10D so I ain't so surprised.
Odd that the K20D .exe file is over 7Mb but the K10D update is 1.6Mb.
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 22/04/2010 - 12:22
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The K20D update is actually smaller than the previous one ... only by 18 bytes but smaller!
So what is missing?
So what is missing?
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
Posted 22/04/2010 - 12:58
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polchraine wrote:
The K20D update is actually smaller than the previous one ... only by 18 bytes but smaller!
So what is missing?
Did you unpack them and then compared?
The K20D update is actually smaller than the previous one ... only by 18 bytes but smaller!
So what is missing?
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 22/04/2010 - 13:05
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Anvh wrote:
I was just doing that ... both of the update files are exactly the same size ... 8,650,752 bytespolchraine wrote:
The K20D update is actually smaller than the previous one ... only by 18 bytes but smaller!
So what is missing?
Did you unpack them and then compared?The K20D update is actually smaller than the previous one ... only by 18 bytes but smaller!
So what is missing?
The files are probably packed with s to a specific size.
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
Posted 22/04/2010 - 19:45
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Does anyone know if updates reset the camera to default settings?
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