Ummm.. bump?
Reading again some of the posts in past threads about the issue (which are remarkably similar to my findings), and seeing no counter-evidence to these findings posted here or elsewhere, I'm assuming that the bug is real.
So are we Pentaxians really that indifferent about a serious yet elementary bug that was not fixed in yet another product generation (K-7 then K-5 and now K-5II)?
The K-5II is a brand new product, so we still have a chance to convince Pentax to hammer down the bugs. I have no delusions that they'll care to fix the previous models.
I don't really know how to continue from this point. I guess I'll try customer support, but I have a feeling it won't bear fruit. they can't really support me, because it's a bug in the product - not a defect or mishandling. And I have little belief that the information will seep through all the way to the R&D engineers in Japan, based on how the SDM issues were not addressed, as an example.
And I don't want to swamp the forums with posts on this, definitely not on my own. The only thing I'll earn is troll reputation, which will be counterproductive I think.
Can anyone help push this forward? Perhaps some influential members with connection to Pentax reps? Adam, Frank, Falk, Yvon? Ned still around? Any other Pentax bloggers? Can you spread the word on this? Maybe we can create some buzz?