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nosnoop · 02-11-2007, 12:26 AM

M.S. Shin has posted this at dpreview:

[Usual word of caution: you can seriously screw up your camera if you fool around with the settings!]

I have big news!

If your K10D have problem with focus, you can adjust it yourself.

Someone in Korea figured it out himself.

He is not a employee of Pentax or related company.

He just found out by trial-and-error with key-set.

Of course, You yourself is responsible for doing something scribed below.

Here's How-to-adjust-focus.

1. Your K10D' firmware version must be 1.10.

2. Test shot for focus trouble.

3. Turn the camera OFF.
While pressing [PLAY]+[OK], Turn the camera ON.
You can see firmware version on LCD screen.

4. Firmware version is appeared,
then press [Fn]->[Fn]->[INFO]->[MENU] within 5 seconds.
You get service menu!!!

5. by pressing [right key]
,Make DEBUG MODE to DEBUG MODE .
then press [OK].
(save and LCD will be black out)

6. Press [MENU] and go to SETUP tab.
then, Press [Up key], you can see TEST MODE.

7. Select AF TEST menu. now you have AF correction menu.
If you have Front-focusing, reduce the value.
If you have back-focusing, increase the value.
after adjust some value, press [OK] and quit out of setup menu.

8. TEST for focus, find out that focus is correct.
(repeat this from 6 for correct focus.)
9. Go to service menu(step 3,4).
Make DEBUG MODE to DEBUG MODE .
then press [OK].(save and LCD black out)

10. Go out and enjoy nice photos!!!

And David Savage of pdml listed out the menu options:

DEBUG MODE <EN/DIS>
CARDDOOR OPEN <EN/DIS>
WRITE CARD VNDR <EN/DIS>
SCRIPT EN MODE <EN/DIS>
USR DAT CLEAR
DUMMY RELEASE
SWITCH TEST
RELEASE AGING <AUTO/MAN>
LENS COM CHECK
AF PINT DISP
DSP ADJ DAT READ
DSP ADJ DAT WRITE
EEPROM LOAD from FILE
EEPROM SAVE to FILE
EEPROM READ/WRITE
CPU ROM SAVE to FLE
DSP ROM SAVE to FILE
LENS ROM LOAD from FILE
LENS ROM SAVE to FILE
LENS ROM READ/WRITE
BOARD VER
DUST REDUCTION TEST
DSP CHIP VER

When you set the debug mode to <EN>, when you go into the setup menu
there is now a "Test Mode" section with:

- Capture/System Test
- AF Test
- Strings Disp(lay) Test

This should be very useful for those who have FF or BF problems.

02-11-2007, 12:26 AM	#1
nosnoop Pentaxian Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 963	K10D Service Menu and AF Adjust! M.S. Shin has posted this at dpreview: [Usual word of caution: you can seriously screw up your camera if you fool around with the settings!] I have big news! If your K10D have problem with focus, you can adjust it yourself. Someone in Korea figured it out himself. He is not a employee of Pentax or related company. He just found out by trial-and-error with key-set. Of course, You yourself is responsible for doing something scribed below. Here's How-to-adjust-focus. 1. Your K10D' firmware version must be 1.10. 2. Test shot for focus trouble. 3. Turn the camera OFF. While pressing [PLAY]+[OK], Turn the camera ON. You can see firmware version on LCD screen. 4. Firmware version is appeared, then press [Fn]->[Fn]->[INFO]->[MENU] within 5 seconds. You get service menu!!! 5. by pressing [right key] ,Make DEBUG MODE to DEBUG MODE . then press [OK]. (save and LCD will be black out) 6. Press [MENU] and go to SETUP tab. then, Press [Up key], you can see TEST MODE. 7. Select AF TEST menu. now you have AF correction menu. If you have Front-focusing, reduce the value. If you have back-focusing, increase the value. after adjust some value, press [OK] and quit out of setup menu. 8. TEST for focus, find out that focus is correct. (repeat this from 6 for correct focus.) 9. Go to service menu(step 3,4). Make DEBUG MODE to DEBUG MODE . then press [OK].(save and LCD black out) 10. Go out and enjoy nice photos!!! And David Savage of pdml listed out the menu options: DEBUG MODE <EN/DIS> CARDDOOR OPEN <EN/DIS> WRITE CARD VNDR <EN/DIS> SCRIPT EN MODE <EN/DIS> USR DAT CLEAR DUMMY RELEASE SWITCH TEST RELEASE AGING <AUTO/MAN> LENS COM CHECK AF PINT DISP DSP ADJ DAT READ DSP ADJ DAT WRITE EEPROM LOAD from FILE EEPROM SAVE to FILE EEPROM READ/WRITE CPU ROM SAVE to FLE DSP ROM SAVE to FILE LENS ROM LOAD from FILE LENS ROM SAVE to FILE LENS ROM READ/WRITE BOARD VER DUST REDUCTION TEST DSP CHIP VER When you set the debug mode to <EN>, when you go into the setup menu there is now a "Test Mode" section with: - Capture/System Test - AF Test - Strings Disp(lay) Test This should be very useful for those who have FF or BF problems.