[David&karen]

I did some crops here, and the exif did not append, so I did it manually for the crops, and the full size scene to show my backyard for context:

---------- Post added 05-26-14 at 09:40 AM ----------

All the images are with the pentax 12-24 lens. The last three images are from our K5IIs and the same lens. The first 7 images are from the K3 and were taken about a minute apart. The really out of focus images were aiming at the tee, push the shutter 1/2 way, the camera focused and confirmed the focus using AFS, SPOT center AF point, and then I pushed the shutter button all the way down to make the exposure. All the pics are at 12mm. If I pushed the shutter button on the K3 down far enough to focus then let up and did it again a few times it eventually got the correct focus. All the K5IIs pics nailed the focus every time, that why I did not show multiple pics of the same scene for it. The subject did not matter, the K3 did it with birds, wood piles, trees, planes, people, etc. The crops are more or less 100%, but I did not go to great pains to make them exact.

David

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[awaldram]

Your converter has stripped all proper exif data out of the images
I guess photoshop elements 12 for mac has some issue as it also has no clour profile so WB will be all ove rthe place depeneding on browser nto image.

It looks like some of these images are not focused on anything, If the camera is configured correctly and using phase detect then this should not be possible as the shutter is locked until the camera reports in-focus.

Hence Exif is critical to see what the camera thought it was doing.

Can you repost image #5 using a converter that doesn't destroy exif data? or post the raw or OOC jpg

[David&karen]

Yes it was phase detect, and it did say it was locked and then allowed the exposure to be made. Each exposure was afs, spot center af site for the K3 and just center site for the K5. As they are technical pics I did not get fussy over the wb. I'm not devoting any more time on this as I sent the camera out a few minutes ago, and the exit data stripping I'm not gonna try to fix. If anyone wants a full size jpg of the images pm me with your email address.

---------- Post added 05-26-14 at 12:04 PM ----------

Yeah, the focus on some of the images does look like it picked nothing in the center to focus on. That was why I cropped the pics to show what was behind them and to show that was out of focus also. I only posted the pics because it was requested, and it took a few hours to do the and crop so I'm done with this part, just a weird issue and the same behavior as on the first K3 we had.

[stevebrot]

Unfortunately our current K3 started the AF weirdness after the latest firmware update a month or so ago, just like the first one did out of the box. it has rendered the camera unreliable so it is going in to CRIS for a look. For specifics read here if interested: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/263409-second-k3-stops-foc...correctly.html

David

Usually it is sufficient to use one thread to discuss your current issue or at least limit yourself to active threads. There should be no need to revive a dead thread. If you want to cross-reference this or your earlier AF issue threads, I would suggest providing a link back. At least that is what I do.



Steve

---------- Post added 05-26-14 at 03:25 PM ----------

It looks like some of these images are not focused on anything

I agree, though it is possible to do an exposure even when AF has not locked if the camera is configured to do so. Since we can't confirm the AFS, it may be that is not the actual setting. Perhaps a full reset to factory defaults might be in order? BTW...the Exif is really flaky. The first image indicates a maximum aperture of f/1.44? An in-camera JPEG would be real helpful at this point.


Steve

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[David&karen]

Yeah, I should restrict it to one thread, will do in the future. Those pics were done after the reset, btw. Btw, pm me your email and I'll send the full size jpgs if you want.

---------- Post added 05-26-14 at 04:28 PM ----------

I just checked a copy of the pics I did the crops from, and the exif is intact on them and they are full size jpgs around 12-13mb each. I looked at them in the version 5 of the Ricoh software that came with the camera, and they all say 'Single AF' and 'Spot" as I said. So if anyone wants them I can email them to you, but the camera did allow these shots and thats why it went back to Ricoh.

David

[awaldram]

Just for reference what you should have access to even after processing

1 Basic Exif . if this is not present get a new converter
Artist: AWALDRAM
Copyright: Andrew Waldram{2014}
Camera: Ricoh IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3
Lens: Sigma Lens 700 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Shutter priority AE, 1/500 sec, f/9.5, ISO 3200
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Date: May 17, 2014 11:38:56AM (timezone not specified)
(9 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes, 48 seconds ago, assuming image timezone of US Pacific)
File: IMGP8575.DNG
4,000 × 6,016 JPEG (24.1 megapixels)
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”


2. Full Exif you need access to this OOC if you need to diagnose focus or exposure issues
Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Camera Model Name PENTAX K-3
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Software Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Artist AWALDRAM
Copyright Andrew Waldram{2014}
Exposure Time 1/500
F Number 9.50
Exposure Program Shutter speed priority AE
Standard Output Sensitivity 3,200
Exif Version 0221
Shutter Speed Value 1/500
Aperture Value 9.50
Exif Image Size 6,016 × 4,000
ISO 3,200
Sensitivity Type Standard Output Sensitivity
Date/Time Original 2014:05:17 11:38:56
9 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes, 48 seconds ago
Exposure Compensation 0
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal Length 700.0 mm
Color Space sRGB
Sensing Method One-chip color area
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
Focal Length In 35mm Format 1050 mm
Scene Capture Type Standard
Subject Distance Range Distant
Lens Model Sigma Lens
Compression JPEG (old-style)
Y Resolution 72
Modify Date 2014:05:18 21:47:42
7 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds ago
Create Date 2014:05:17 11:38:56
9 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes, 48 seconds ago
Resolution 240 pixels/inch
X Resolution 72
Thumbnail Length 6,086
White Balance Auto
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal

3. XMP this will tell you what your processor did to the image
Date Created 2014:05:17 11:38:56
9 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes, 48 seconds ago
XMP Toolkit Adobe XMP Core 5.0-c060 61.134777, 2010/02/12-17:32:00
Format image/jpeg
Creator Tool PENTAX K-3 Ver. 1.03
Modify Date 2014:05:18 21:47:42+01:00
8 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds ago
Rating 0
Metadata Date 2014:05:18 21:47:42+01:00
8 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds ago
Lens Sigma Lens
Lens ID 3 0
Color Mode RGB
ICC Profile Name sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Document ID xmp.did:30AC5D02CDDEE311BF8DA879EF977E1D
Original Document ID 3E578EA738B3D3B9821F70F641ECA508
Instance ID xmp.iidD192E6BCDDEE3119D569CCCCD337727
Raw File Name IMGP8575.DNG
Version 6.7
Process Version 5.7
White Balance As Shot
Color Temperature 7,100
Tint +31
Exposure 0.00
Shadows 5
Brightness +31
Contrast +40
Saturation 0
Sharpness 25
Luminance Smoothing 0
Color Noise Reduction 10
Vignette Amount 0
Shadow Tint 0
Red Hue 0
Red Saturation 0
Green Hue 0
Green Saturation 0
Blue Hue 0
Blue Saturation 0
Fill Light 0
Vibrance 0
Highlight Recovery 35
Clarity 0
Defringe 0
Hue Adjustment Red 0
Hue Adjustment Orange 0
Hue Adjustment Yellow 0
Hue Adjustment Green 0
Hue Adjustment Aqua 0
Hue Adjustment Blue 0
Hue Adjustment Purple 0
Hue Adjustment Magenta 0
Saturation Adjustment Red 0
Saturation Adjustment Orange 0
Saturation Adjustment Yellow 0
Saturation Adjustment Green 0
Saturation Adjustment Aqua 0
Saturation Adjustment Blue 0
Saturation Adjustment Purple 0
Saturation Adjustment Magenta 0
Luminance Adjustment Red 0
Luminance Adjustment Orange 0
Luminance Adjustment Yellow 0
Luminance Adjustment Green 0
Luminance Adjustment Aqua 0
Luminance Adjustment Blue 0
Luminance Adjustment Purple 0
Luminance Adjustment Magenta 0
Split Toning Shadow Hue 0
Split Toning Shadow Saturation 0
Split Toning Highlight Hue 0
Split Toning Highlight Saturation 0
Split Toning Balance 0
Parametric Shadows 0
Parametric Darks 0
Parametric Lights 0
Parametric Highlights 0
Parametric Shadow Split 25
Parametric Midtone Split 50
Parametric Highlight Split 75
Sharpen Radius +1.0
Sharpen Detail 25
Sharpen Edge Masking 0
Post Crop Vignette Amount 0
Grain Amount 0
Color Noise Reduction Detail 12
Lens Profile Enable 1
Lens Manual Distortion Amount 0
Perspective Vertical 0
Perspective Horizontal 0
Perspective Rotate 0.0
Perspective Scale 100
Auto Lateral CA 0
Exposure 2012 -0.38
Contrast 2012 +20
Highlights 2012 0
Shadows 2012 0
Whites 2012 -35
Blacks 2012 0
Clarity 2012 0
Convert To Grayscale False
Tone Curve Name Medium Contrast
Tone Curve Name 2012 Linear
Camera Profile Embedded
Camera Profile Digest 6CA014EBA99666477EB0398EB1E6A4FC
Lens Profile Setup LensDefaults
Has Settings True
Has Crop False
Already Applied True
Creator AWALDRAM
Rights Andrew Waldram{2014}
History Action derived,
saved,
saved,
converted,
derived,
saved
History Parameters converted from image/dng to image/tiff,
from image/tiff to image/jpeg,
converted from image/tiff to image/jpeg
History Instance ID xmp.iid:30AC5D02CDDEE311BF8DA879EF977E1D,
xmp.iidC192E6BCDDEE3119D569CCCCD337727,
xmp.iidD192E6BCDDEE3119D569CCCCD337727
History When 2014:05:18 21:47:21+01:00,
2014:05:18 21:47:42+01:00,
2014:05:18 21:47:42+01:00
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows,
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
History Changed /,
/,
/
Derived From Instance ID xmp.iidC192E6BCDDEE3119D569CCCCD337727
Derived From Document ID xmp.did:30AC5D02CDDEE311BF8DA879EF977E1D
Derived From Original Document ID 3E578EA738B3D3B9821F70F641ECA508
Tone Curve 0, 0, 32, 22, 64, 56, 128, 128, 192, 196, 255, 255
Tone Curve Red 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve Green 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve Blue 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve PV2012 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve PV2012 Red 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve PV2012 Green 0, 0, 255, 255
Tone Curve PV2012 Blue 0, 0, 255, 255

personally any convertor or Exif reader that cannot display these is not complete

[StigVidar]

My K-3 is in for repair because of this issue. I could not get it to focus reliably with FA* lenses like FA*200/4, but DA*200 was good. Im not sure what the issue is, but it seems it is unreliable with f/4 or f/5.6 lenses and good with f/2.8 lenses. Or it could be screw drive lenses vs SDM lenses.

I compared it with another K-3 and a K-5 II and both where good, but not my own K-3, unfortunately.

[David&karen]

Like I said, it's just weird.

[shaynej]

I'm having focus issues with my k3 and a 4 year old da 12-24 lens. The lens seems to auto correct when in manual mode and it's not as sharp as it was when used on my k10

[danny09]

Hello Dave
Was this issue resolved satisfactorily by Ricoh? Hope you have purchased the extended warranty