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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

KP Pentax 100th Anniversary Special Edition and DFA*85mm F1.4

..to be marketed soon (and will be on displayed at the CP+). (Source: Japanese DC Watch)


Update: The official announcement can be found here.

Monday, February 25, 2019

Debug Mode Access Method for K-1 II

1. Create on SD card file "00078400.597" with "[OPEN_DEBUG_MENU]" and LF char.

2. Create on SD card file "DEVELOP.MOD" exact 10 bytes long with binary content:
For Development Menu 1-6: 07 01 2C 1F 10 03 1E 16 05 2D
For Development Menu 1-7: 07 1A 02 0A 19 18 1B 1C 05 11
Use hexeditor to enter these bytes.

3. Turn off camera, plugin this SD card. Leave card door open. Hold "menu" button and turn camera on.

Via bootcoder @ DPR Forum

The binary file by bootcoder is also made available by him here.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Saturday, February 02, 2019

1st Review of the HD FA 35mm F2

https://www.yaotomi.co.jp/blog/used/2019/01/hd-pentax-fa-35mm-f2-hd-k-1.html

Side by side test against the old smc FA 35mm was done.

Lens Roadmap Updated

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/japan/products/lens/images/K_Mount_Lens.pdf