if it doesn't have USB on-the-go, then there's a hardware problem. Since it might, there's still a hardware problem as it means someone with a K5 is going to have to go out and get an ipad and sort hardware out and then develop.

Maybe. But it sure as hell won't be free.

Bret

you charged it properly, right?

so that means fully charging, fully discharging, and repeating that for *at least* the first three charges?

Storage for long periods in a fully charged state? If not, you've broken it and you can try arguing for a new one, but I wouldn't bet on it....

Bret

one body only with pk tether.

Bret

I have them both on this machine and PK on the other.

The contrast and suchlike for the JPG are not changeable from pktether. The menu settings of the camera are completely changeable from the Pentax original, but not from Pktether.

To be honest, I don't see what's missing in this version for use as a tool...

Bret

what do you want?



Green button works, ISO over 6400 doesn't; Autofocus, shutter, changing aperture and shutter speed work, RAW+ is valid, as are my JPGs - this is a seriously solid piece of work. Don't like the lcak of info about the max BULB setting and find it silly to have the default settings in the periodic shot set to something that won't be accepted.
And the tungsten was set by me and it's correct, and the lens is correct and the metering and AF positions are correct and this just feels very, very good. I might well use it in anger at some point in the not too distant future. Will have to find the second USB cable and run the K5 and K10d at two different shutterspeeds for a 1/30 vs 1/100th comparison for video of stills.

Bret

and this one just works

Bret

and yes, it does work, especially if you've connected the K5 up directly to the laptop and you've also saved the .exe in a place that isn't the desktop - you can and should start it from another directory.

More functional than the Pentax version, that's for sure.....

Bret

start the program on your PC after connecting the USB cable to the camera. Start the camera after the program. You may need to run the application as an administrator. There's no setup, it just runs.

Bret

I have a 234RC2 head on top of my 'pod and it's useful. Works well when the lens collar enables the movement of the camera so it's in portrait....

Bret

-4 already here, expecting -16.

At least the garage looks a bit better now, I've got access to a painting booth elsewhere (at a price, mind, which I don't know yet). Now I just need to clear the junk and sort other stuff out and away we go. Needs to be done in two weeks....

Bret