Originally posted by sunCrm Hi tcom,
I`m not able to find it on Ask Ricoh section to support it there, as this thing also "grinds my gear". Fortunately my camera does not lock up to the point where I need re-start with battery, but it takes humongous time to delete an image. (this issues is also reported in this CZ review, you are welcome to translate to your language -
Pentax K-1 ? recenze | Marek Musil foto ) And yes - i`m used to exact flow as you are - I want to delete an image (if i do not like it) right after taking it. It was never and issue with my K5, and I got used to this way freeing some space on my card. And yes - it is annoying i cant do what Pentax got me used to in the first place. (Using Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb)
Hi sunCrm
There has been no reaction at all to the thread in the Ask Ricoh section, and it seems to have been removed now from that section.
Thankfully I never needed to re-start with the battery neither, it is just that the hardware of the camera is unable to do what the firmware allows, so deleting and writing to the card is not performed in parallel, but sequentialized, locking the camera for 10-20 seconds. I thought it would have been an easy fix in the firmware in simply not allowing the deletion while there are still data to be processed, but four firmware updates did not bring any improvement.
For the time being, I am not buying a second K-1 which I badly need if I want to cover events for the press with the K-1 as long as this behavior remains. I am really considering in a first step selling only the K-1 and if the next generation cameras still feature the bug, that would be time to close my 25-year adventure with Pentax and sell all lenses as well.