This was reported by another user, and I've just found it too. It's annoying for low light work
Firmware 1.20 (latest)

Reproduce: (in darkened room preferably)

- click Menu and it shows the menu
- click Menu again and LCD is completely black
- press AF button, or half press shutter... When you let go the LCD backlight comes on with a blank display. So it's ever so slightly on.
- hold AF or hold shutter in half press and the screen goes perfectly black
- when you let go again the backlight comes on.

Can't be good for battery life either!!!

Have tried all options and cannot stop this behaviour at all.
I presume this happens on all K3??

Matt

A very late "bump"

Or either that, if someone wants to buy some nice optics to fix their FA80-320
Essentially I'm looking for just the rear 'tube' part - the part where the metal mount screws onto. The plastic isn't great and has fractured badly.

I need to have a clear up, and think it's a shame to just bin the optics

Matt

Stumbled on this post today: http://resourcemagonline.com/2015/04/i-just-made-a-medium-format-18-image-hdr-pa...

Downloaded the resultant DNG file (707MB), and have given Photoshop CS5 complete indigestion on my Mac

Insane image 20271 by 10369 pixels

Matt

I have a boxed MZ10 languishing in a cupboard if anyone's interested!
Matt

PM conversation in progress

My experience with K5 and DA*16-50 was that they were a good pair.
However, my K5 developed a serious mirror-flap-flap-flap issue and needed to be repaired (under warranty). So I sent the DA*16-50 back with it for a spruce up. Came back a different beast and sharper too!
Not sure what JPS did to it, but it worked for me
Matt

Mattox - LiveView will perform focus using contrast detection (like a compact camera). It's slow, but it is using the sensor information directly.

The "normal" phase detect focus uses a separate sensor for AF. The focus adjustment helps to correct for any alignment issues between the AF sensor and the CMOS sensor. BUT, don't bother with AF adjustment until you've tried with LiveView first

Like Mike, my DA*16-50 was ok, but a bit soft. My K5 needed repair for mirror-flap issues, and JPSS fixed it and calibrated to the DA*16-50 and it came back a different beast

Can't tell anything on 800 pixel images

I would recommend using the LiveView to focus when doing this kind of test. That will eliminate any possible phase focus errors

Matt

Not sure that's a requirement.
Probably done by moving the whole sensor 1 pixel - then each physical pixel position will be exposed to each of the colours.
Matt

From what I can see:
* remote is via Flucard as K3 originally
* pop up flash gone - presumably GPS is in the space