I have installed the remote assistant on a older slower laptop still Vista and with that one it will work with Pentax RAW however it still has a problem in bulb mode taking a series of photos. Even with Jpeg lowest size with bulb it failed.

OK I am running CS5 not CS3 but was looking at using an older laptop for time lapse and so needed to look at setting up laptop and I did find I needed to down load the Codex which is shown as for Windows 7 on the Adobe web site so had to find an older version for vista but it should work with yours. The same applies for Pentax RAW you need to install the Codex that works for Vista but not XP.

At least with Pentax you can use CS3 with my Nikon D7000 it will not work with any lower than RAW 6.5 which can only be installed with CS5 or better.

There are little programs called Codex which will allow you to see less normal file thumbnails I know I installed these with my old XP PC and one tends to forget what you have added.

I seem to remember installing the software which was bundled with the camera installed some files like this and even after uninstalling some files got left behind which can then be used by other programs.

I have been playing with the remote assistant and once I realized you needed to open as administrator when running Vista it seems to work well but not with RAW.pef.

RAW.dng and all jpeg modes seems to work most of the time, but RAW.pef fails every time.

I have a feeling something to do with camera buffer using a K10D.

I note with my Nikon D7000 it saves to camera in RAW and to PC as jpeg but with Pentax nothing seems to be saved to camera card.

I wonder if some setting will allow it to use card to save to? Once it goes wrong I have to close program with Task Manager unplug camera and switch off then start all over again. Idea was to use the interval timer but if crashes so often unless set to jpeg can't seem to get it to work.

I find easy to forget to check camera and if I go to jpeg running computer program it stays on jpeg once I stop running it. This can also be an advantage as in user mode I can set it to green with 100 - 1600 ISO and it will stay that way after unplugging so camera will auto move to 1600 when required.

Would love to hear how others have found the program.

Hello and Welcome new here too.

At ISO 64 - 6400 these seem to be good little cameras my K10D D-SLR is only ISO 100 - 1600 so the spec is better than my D-SLR so looking forward to seeing your results.

Born in Wales with Welsh Maternal but English Paternal connections. Started in Shotton right on boarder then moved Greenfield then Bryn-y-baal near Mold. Although I have worked in Algeria, Falklands, and Hong Kong plus worked Suffolk, Bristol, Belfast, Edinburgh ect but kept the Welsh home.

Ancestors maternal were from Newcastle upon Tyne with the Palmer's ship yard and extended family in Turkey so I have travelled quite a bit. I must admit that when one takes a picture of a Camel pulling a single furrow plough it's the subject that makes the picture one does not need much skill.

But the Welsh do get around "Cymru Am Byth" is written in stone in Fitzroy Falkland Islands.

The problem was very simple right click and select open as administer not the normal left click.

I have done as suggested in PM but can't reply on here. I use same user name on most forums I use. Using Vista which is in the list of OS that should be able to use Remote Assistant.

So will it work with Linux live disk. I no longer have a PC running Linux but have a selection of live disks. Memphis was the one I use to use as it would see my TV card.

Interesting reading. With my K10D I did find the 1600 ISO and 800 ISO using same aperture and shutter speed and adjusting in Photoshop RAW seemed to give same results so I have considered 800 ISO as the max. A problem for woodland photos. I have an old Vivitar 3500 with Pentax base which has one contact less then camera so not fully dedicated. I also have an old flash gun high voltage on hot shoe with a unit which allows it to be used as a repeater flash.

With the old Vivitar I can use both flash guns which allows small aperture and all round lighting for close-up work. I use bendy leg tripod to hold second flash.

However try as I will I can't use inbuilt flash with second flash gun. It always seems to trigger the second flash too early I would assume with some pre-flash used to focus or something. Tried turning off anti-red eye with no avail.

I would have loved to have used built in flash but stuck with hot shoe for double flash work.

The Vivitar 3500 is very heavy on the two AA cells it uses and I have to select 2 x 2500mAh NiMh batteries using non rechargeable or small 700mAh NiCad batteries wait an age to recharge and only get around a dozen flashes.

So not impressed using K10D for flash but likely due to using old stuff.

As to focus the Nikon uses so much battery I would prefer to keep with K10D may be slower to focus but not swapping batteries all the time.

I would have liked live view which is good for focus I think if I change camera I would not get another SLR just can't see the point of using a mirror. Next likely a compact, like the idea of four thirds cameras.

When I first got my K10D my wife got me a second battery non genuine and it was cheap and I have used for 3 years with out problems so why take the chance with one clearly not designed for Pentax.

Also the Pentax K10D does not use much battery. My problem is they last that long I forget to charge them. Then I swap battery and forget to charge the discharged one. The Nikon D7000 is another story need to carry a car charger for that it really eats batteries. I noted Canon and Nikon users in club with big extra lumps on bottom of camera for extra batteries I wondered why. Now I have a Nikon I know. Which is one of the reasons I love my Pentax.