andrewk

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womble wrote:
I used to have a gray card which cost me much more than the supposed price point in about 1984 or thereabouts. I haven't seen it since about 1987 which is a shame as it was very useful.
I was once footling about in Sainsbury's when I spotted some A5 lined notebooks with grey plastic front & rear covers. Mmmm ..... I wondered ..... so I bought one. IIRC, the notebook was about 97p.

When I got it home, I scanned it into Photoshop 7 and lo, the RGB values were 128,128,128. Near enough ...


Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on Must Have Photography Accessories? at 21/01/2011 - 23:16

andrewk
Sunny - isn't that when the clouds are blue?

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on Trash & treasure at 21/01/2011 - 12:25

andrewk
Retired at 50 - at the turn of the millenium.

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on No Forum For Old Men at 13/01/2011 - 22:06

andrewk
I wasn't panicing. The firmware update has done exactly what I hoped it might - allowed my to use Class 10 cards that I could not previously use.

It's a shame that Pentax do not publish a changes history (AFAIK).

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D firmware update at 06/01/2011 - 21:17

andrewk
I've now installed the update - no issues.

The K200D can now use the Transcend 8GB Class 10 card without problem. There are no changes to menus that I can see.

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D firmware update at 06/01/2011 - 20:25

andrewk
Hardgravity wrote:
I don't know about SDHC card updates, but he 1.01 firmware does contain a new lens database
How did you discover that? Are you aware of anything else in the 1.01 firmware update for the K200D?

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D firmware update at 05/01/2011 - 23:24

andrewk
cardiff_gareth wrote:
Are you on the original firmware that came with the camera and is this the first firmware update for this camera or have there been a few before?
The firmware in my K200D is the original version 1.00. The new firmware is version 1.01, which is the first update. The only declared change is to support some new SDHC cards.

When the new firmware was launched, I initially decided not to install it on the basis that there is no point in fixing the K200D if it isn't broken - especially if there is a (small) possibility that the update process itself might break it. Now, I'm considering whether to install it anyway, because I bought a cheapie 8GB Class 10 card that is behaving strangely in the camera (though it works perfectly in a PC).

I was hoping that some members might have experience of installing the update and of the effect it had on the K200D's ability to use Class 10 SDHC cards.

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D firmware update at 05/01/2011 - 15:07

andrewk
I'm considering installing the 1.01 firmware update on my K200D in an attempt to fix a problem using a Transcend Class 10 8GB SDHC card.

Has anyone installed this update on their K200D? Did the install process go OK? Has there been any noticeable change to the K200D following installation and if so, what is it?

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D firmware update at 05/01/2011 - 11:31

andrewk
DoctorJeff wrote:
A search of the Pentax UK website for the 1.01 upgrade gets a "Nothing found" response.
It is still here for anyone who wants it.

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on K200D blurred shots at 05/01/2011 - 11:22

andrewk
Perhaps I wasn't entirely clear ..... from what I've read, if the Ducati is shown as blue in an application, it means that ICC profiles in the source image are being ignored by that application (for whatever reason).

Andrew

Comment by andrewk posted on Is this worth a mention? at 05/01/2011 - 08:16

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