Pentax's Own Software

JAK · 2013-07-02T18:15:05+0100

I have just been looking at the Pentax website for the current versions of their software as last time I tried any Silkypix was really slooow on my old XP system. One would think one software package would have been developed that would handle images produced by the Q, K-5 and K20D etc. But no, each has their own listed! Seems I could fill a hard drive just with different varieties of Pentax imaging software! The *ist D / DS / DL / DS2 /DL2 / K100D / K10D /K100D Super / K20D /K200D / K-m apparently require PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 Update v.3.81 The K-7 / K-x / 645D / K-r /K-5 / K-5II / K-5IIs require PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4 Update v4.40(or 4.41 for Mac) The Q / Q10 / K-01 / K-30 require SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 for PENTAX and the Optio's have something else entirely (MediaImpression 3.6.1 LE)! If one has kept the older cameras, is there really any benefit in installing each of these packages and I wonder why the current cameras cannot manage with just the one, given Lightroom and Elements etc. do not need the Pentax software installed to function. Surely one current package could be produced to deal with all the company's products? And with the Q apparently needing something different to the K-5 seems ridiculous - they're contemporary products after all. Given the plethora of packages I'm tempted to continue to give the whole lot a miss still, but am I missing something and does anyone have the whole lot installed just to develop their raw files separately with the camera's dedicated package? If so, which one's best? John K

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JAK JAK

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Posted 03/07/2013 - 19:34 Link

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I tried to get PDCU4 installed for my K-30 but all there is on the Pentax site is an update file for which you already need the full PDCU4, and the K-30 doesn't come with it, so no joy.

Could be a solution to that here:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/dng-42022/p-0#comm466541

I've not tried it myself.

John K

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Posted 03/07/2013 - 20:01 Link

A post of mine vanished. Never mind. Just to say that I managed to install PDCU4 using a stick named S-SW90. It runs but the image data doesn't show with DNGs, brief details appear using a K-30 JPG. Oh, and now it won't let me adjust anything with a K-30 DNG, seems OK with a K100D PEF. Give up.