Originally posted by Ducky62 My cell phone and P&Ss auto focus better than my K-01. If the original firmware was really that much worse I'm surprised they weren't all returned as defective. If Pentax was concerned with increasing their customer base a landfill would have been a better dumping ground than the market.
I do not know what cellphone an what P&S you have, but in general, if what you write above is true then your K-01 sounds to be defective (or, you're doing something fundamentally wrong in using it).
The ergonomics of the K-01 may be an "acquired taste" and source of division, but I've not heard anything negative about the IQ it produces. I've taken in the vicinity of 9K photos with my K-01 so far since February, and it's a camera fully capable of taking sharp, well exposed, well saturated pictures, with a good dynamic range and well in focus.
It's also only a camera, though, so it ain't magically compensating for /my/ lack of photographic skills, shaky hands, and indecisiveness, of course
If you are so displeased with your K-01 that you're considering sending it off a landfill, PM me and I'll send you an empty UPS box and take it off your hand - "for safe disposal", of course
That's in part in jest (although I do want another K-01 body) ... in serious, what makes you so displeased with the K-01? There're a lot of smart people on this forum, from whom I've learned a lot, perhaps there's a simple way of fixing whatever is so upsetting?