Pentax is offering a free service to users of K-5 DSLRs that have been affected by the widely reported ‘stained image sensor’ issue. The company believes the problem occurred during the manufacturing process of the first batch of K-5’s and cannot be resolved by ordinary sensor cleaning methods. Affected camera owners can contact the company’s customer service center to send their cameras for the repair.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Posts Tagged ‘Pentax’
Pentax releases service notice for K-5 DSLR
30
Jan
6 September, 2010 – 40 Megapixel Pentax 645D First Look Report & Video
30
Oct
The Pentax 645D has been a long time coming. But this brand new 40 Megapixel 645 camera is now shipping in Japan and should start to become available in the rest of the world within the next few months.
Recently LuLa corespondent Nick Devlin spent several hours closely examining the camera with Pentax Canada’s Bill Gouge, while Michael Reichmann filmed their discussion.
Nick’s First Look Report is now online, as well as a 15 minute long video interview with Bill.
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"Awesome video presentation.
I have learnt so much more after looking through this on the weekend. The tip about pushing blacks and fill light in the Basic Module was worth the price alone. My images of a recent trip to the Australian Outback are popping and punching with delight!
Thanks Michael and Jeff – I really appreciate you taking the considerable time to share your in-depth knowledge and insights."
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Canon, Olympus and Pentax release software updates
30
Oct
Canon, Olympus and Pentax have released software updates. Canon has updated its Digital Photo Pro, EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor, ZoomBrowser and ImageBrowser software fixing bugs, bringing improvements and extending support to recently released cameras including the EOS 60D and PowerShot S95. Olympus’ Viewer 2 has been updated to support the E-5 digital SLR. Pentax Digital Camera Utility v4.21 adds an automatic lens correction feature, and extends support to the K-5 and K-r DSLRs amongst other improvements.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Pentax announces firmware update for K-5
30
Oct
Pentax has announced a firmware update for its recently released K-5 digital SLR. To be released in mid-November, the firmware promises to increase the number of RAW frames captured in continuous shooting mode and improve overall stability.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Pentax announces price and availibilty for 645D camera
27
Sep
Photokina 2010: Pentax has announced its 645D medium format digital camera will start shipping globally from December 2010. The camera will sell at a retail price of 99.99 for the body in the US. In the UK, it will be priced at £9000 for the body and £10000 for the kit with the DFA 55mm 645 SDM lens. The first digital version of the company’s 645 medium format camera system, it features a 40MP, 44 x 33mm CCD sensor, 921k dot 3.0″ LCD and is compatible with the existing 645 system lenses.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Pentax K-x Digital SLR Now Available In Designer Colors
15
May
Pentax always struck me as a fairly conservative company that builds appealing, quality products that boast an understated, but sophisticated look.
This is not to say that the company lacks imagination, to the contrary, Pentax has been responsible for many important firsts in photography, and it seems that now, in the digital camera age Pentax has decided to a bit of a designer camera thing.
The popular Pentax model K-x digital DSLR will now be available in designer colors, which are listed as …
Pentax 67 film loading presented by 1ProPhoto.Com
28
Jan
This tutorial shows how to load film in the Pentax 67 II medium format camera. This is NOT the origanal Pentax 6×7 camera but it loads in the same fashion. produced and presented by 1ProPhoto.Com web site.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Food photography is like wrestling. “Is it real?” is the question I’m asked most. Food photography is done behind a myth that everything is fake. Well, it’s controlled, but it’s usually not fake. Mainly because we love food and we want to eat it. You see that pizza slice or that bowl of ice cream? Chances are, I got myself a spoon or a fork and dug in. Real is beautiful.
Video Rating: 5 / 5