Nikon, Canon and particularly expensive Sony would LOVE to know how to stop 3rd party lens manufacturers making lenses for their systems. Undercutting prices and forcing down what they could charge if they had a game called Monopoly

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Very easy. See the page from the K-1 manual here...
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/6-pentax-dslr-discussion/366185-wifi-command...

Also look at the menu item 'Communication Info' and write down the password... something like A49*0D**.

Turn the camera wi-fi mode on.

Log off from your router or boot up with the router switched off.
From the PC view available wireless networks. Chose to connect to the one that has Pentax in the name. Enter the password when asked. PC should log onto camera straight away.

Click refresh if need be in WiFi Commander it should find the camera. Choose LV from WiFi Commander it should switch to LV and show camera frame on your monitor. Click on monitor image around the centre to AF.

Right click image taken and chose download. I saved it to the desktop and it made a folder with the Pentax name and saved the files in it.

You only need Explorer to see the DL'd images or use Farstone. I don't use Lightroom.

If you use it, consider a donation to Andrea for bringing something to Pentax that Ricoh don't seem to be able to do.
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Tried today on 64bit Win7 no problems. I had already logged onto the camera and the program found it straight away.

Very nice program... change settings using LV on PC etc. Click frame to AF. Right click to DL. Took about 6 shots full sized JPG's probably took about 20 secs each to DL to PC. I had Farstone logged onto the DL folder on the Desktop that showed the pics once they had downloaded.

I doubt if I'll use it much an Eye-Fi Card suits me better.

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I think Win7 will be OK. It would probably help reading the original thread for bits of info. I would have liked to have seen instructions, but it is quite a feat writing the program and it's still FREE

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/6-pentax-dslr-discussion/346566-my-pentax-wi...

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It is a shame.... they might have to do the unthinkable with their cameras and actually take photographs

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I've not used this yet or the previous program by Andrea which has been discussed quite a bit on the US forum. I imagine that this should be quite good.

The current thread on the US forum is.....
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/6-pentax-dslr-discussion/366185-wifi-command...

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Sorry I edited my post after posting.

All you need to look at in the patent is y=21.64mm That's the radius so x2 = 43.28mm which is the diagonal of a FF 35mm. I make it 43.2666mm so it's near enough

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They can't do that if it wasn't designed for FF. OK as a DIY though.

EDIT: It is a FF design so nothing stopping them.
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/US7489452B2/US07489452-20090210-D000...

The only problem I can see is that people won't have anything new to moan about apart from where is the 70-200mm f/4
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The Tokina is 4 years old and not really that good. Let's hope that the new lens is a Pentax design although I haven't heard of anyone mentioning a patent.

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Where can I get it at 100% off RRP?