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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 06-21-2017, 09:50 PM

Is this not a good time to invest in Pentax?
Posted By loveisageless

Replies: 66
Views: 7,407

Ok, my question for the OP is how many times in your photographic life experience have you switched camera brands in the past or just upgraded your lenses and/or camera bodies? There is no return on investment in photographic equipment. It goes something like this "Do I like it? Can I afford it right now? If I find I don't like it after I acquire it am I ok with not getting all of my money back out of it? If I love it and they no longer make it, will it change what I love about using it?" My suggestion would be to go ahead and buy the K-1 and any lenses you are interested in, but begin saving for a future camera and lenses. If they turn out to still be Pentax, wonderful. If not, you will get some money out of the Pentax gear to add to your savings and can buy another brand of camera. With any camera brand, I think the bigger concern/risk is that the supply chain of parts dries up because a third party supplier goes out of business and there is a gap in getting another supplier for the part(s). I also have to say that I am really tired of all the whining about the lack of lenses. For goodness sakes. How many times have you had the perfect lens set up and still missed "the shot" because you did not bring the right lens with you?

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 04-26-2017, 04:05 AM

For each Pentaxian buying K-1 another Nikon/Canon shooter jumped ship to Pentax
Posted By Imp

Replies: 1,039
Views: 101,243

I'm sorry I don't spend all my time on PForums and didn't respond in a timely fashion. I don't NEED Panasonic-level video (although I'd certainly like it!) but I need something that's usable.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 04-20-2017, 12:48 AM

For each Pentaxian buying K-1 another Nikon/Canon shooter jumped ship to Pentax
Posted By geomez

Replies: 1,039
Views: 101,243

Ricoh isn't winning market share and isn't exponentially increasing profits by not firing on all cylinders and without being competitive.
Sony just overtook Nikon as #2 in the camera market by delivering massively on nearly every aspect of the camera excluding an OVF.
They're beating everybody on just about everything (A9) in a very short time span.
Would Ricoh fly up the market share ladder if they spent on trying to make every aspect of their camera better than the competition?
No one knows, but the proof is in the pudding.
I love Pentax and am a die hard user, promoter and supporter (which is why I'm shutting my mouth after this comment), but I'm not gonna blindly say "stop complaining, good enough is good enough."
It's not. I swear Pentax is a nerd brand which is why I love it, but nerd brands don't win. What headline reads better, "Pentax introduces camera with lightning fast, crazy accurate AF" or, "Pentax introduces camera with Pixelshift, which increases dynamic range and sharpness when used with a tripod with a completely still subject"?
Which reads better, "Pentax introduces camera with gorgeous lossless 4K video", or "Pentax introduces camera with Astrotracer, which when mounted on a tripod uses GPS to move the sensor with the rotation of the earth to prevent star trails"?
I know what works for me and what works for us, but that nerdy stuff doesn't influence the market, the media, not the public. Don't believe me? Just look around.

Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-13-2017, 05:29 PM

DA15 Limited vs DA21 Limited - more versatile "walkaround" lens debate continues
Posted By Driline

Replies: 80
Views: 9,738

HOW Dare you speak like that of the 21mm lens. Oh yea....I had it too and got rid of it for the same reason :)

I also have the 31mm and love it on my K-3. I really like my DA 14, FA 31 combo. Two great lenses.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-08-2017, 10:59 AM

Thom expects a new Pentax camera
Posted By kenspo

Replies: 294
Views: 27,583

I wont even say anything about what this Thom claim to know!

But i have to rant about Pentax biggest problem: The users (not all, but many). The long time users want new cameras, but they want Pentax to keep them in the past, making it harder for Pentax to get in the future. They want to be able to use their old glass, be quirky and nerdy. Im struggling every day to get new and young users to get over to Pentax. But its a hard task..Because the things said above, doesn't attract the younger and moneystrong generation at all..It even scares some of them away. Why do you think Olympus, Sony, Fuji etc attracts so much new photographers? They do the opposite of Pentax. If you want Pentax to grow bigger, catch up with the big ones and attract new and young photographers, the solution is to bury the past and look ahead into the future. I know Pentax is sentimental for many, but most people wants the newest and the best, because for them it is a tool. Even the french saw that at the end with their Peugeot and Citröen. Now they make state of the art cars for the future and they are rising.

That said, Pentax is trying to please everyone..But its hard to move forward when you one foot in the past and try to put the other one in the future.

And dont get me wrong..I love K-1 and the new lenses..But my main job is to attract new users..and THAT is not an easy task...

Forum: Homepage & Official Pentax News 02-03-2017, 12:56 PM

What Are We Supposed to Make of the Pentax KP?
Posted By boriscleto

Replies: 7
Views: 1,276

You Tube

You Tube

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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 10-03-2016, 09:21 PM

FA* 85mm not Auto Focusing on K-1
Posted By wibbly

Replies: 17
Views: 1,978

the fa*85 has a clutch in the focus ring. it will push and pull to click in and out of AF

make sure it's not in MF

Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 08-27-2016, 06:24 AM

Pixel Shifted Images
Posted By Rondec

Replies: 1,738
Views: 238,675

Tree at Sunrise.

Tree at Sunrise by Vincent1825, on Flickr

Forum: Pentax Full Frame 06-27-2016, 04:21 PM

Was it worth it ?
Posted By pinholecam

Replies: 180
Views: 24,036

With the K1,

I went to a nice place

Tanah_Lot_1 by jenkwang, on Flickr

Laboured hard
20160527-IMGP0765-BW by jenkwang, on Flickr

and isolated workers in the drizzle
20160527-IMGP0794 by jenkwang, on Flickr

Though the K1 was bigger, it wasn't really that heavy
20160527-IMGP0814 by jenkwang, on Flickr

High ISO works a charm in a dark market
20160530-IMGP1456 by jenkwang, on Flickr

Astro tracer was fun and worth it
Testing out the K1 Astro tracer by jenkwang, on Flickr

So was multi-exposure when I did not have the right filters for my 31ltd.
20160528-IMGP1075 by jenkwang, on Flickr

DA40XS works as nice too (and its flat as a pancake... )
20160612-IMGP1817 by jenkwang, on Flickr

Was it all choppy?
20160528-IMGP1053-BW by jenkwang, on Flickr

I really need slow down to reflect on it

IMGP0824-PixS by jenkwang, on Flickr

But my conclusion is that its all dreamy.....
20160528-IMGP1072 by jenkwang, on Flickr

and worth it..... ;)

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-17-2016, 04:18 PM

Full K-1 Spec list
Posted By Winder

Replies: 770
Views: 97,265

Its a great value. I don't have an issue with the 36MP sensor, but this camera is pretty much 5 year old stuff. They even went back to USB 2.0 and stuck with SDXC UHS-I when several companies like Fuji have moved to UHS-II. I thought USB 3.0 and UHS-II were a given for a new camera. Those are minor features, but all the more reason for them to use them.

As I have said in previous posts. All the modern sensors are more than capable of professional results. It will be the AF that will make or break this camera if Ricoh is serious about the PRO market as some people have claimed. The D750 is selling for $1,999 so if Ricoh can match that AF performance, they will have a winner at the current price.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-17-2016, 04:07 PM

Full K-1 Spec list
Posted By rawr

Replies: 770
Views: 97,265

It's a fair question. I guess they were just waiting for the D800 sensor to find it's way into the bargain bin.

I do wish they had been a little bit more ambitious, particularly with the AF and the viewfinder. I was SO looking forward to wider frame coverage AF, and focus peaking (or similar manual focus aids) via an overlay in the viewfinder.

Oh well. There is clearly value there, so I will probably still buy one.

Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 11-04-2015, 02:50 AM

Nikon D750
Posted By BeerBelly

Replies: 142
Views: 12,996

You should be really tired of yourself then...

Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 11-03-2015, 09:41 AM

Nikon D750
Posted By Captain Ron

Replies: 142
Views: 12,996

Because you have insulted their family, their shaolin temp and their honour.

These kind of post will always happen some of the key words we see , you don’t need a FF to take photographs like that, most photographs you will post would show no improvement with FF and other.

Truth be told some of the very arguments put forth here not one would hold against their argument for using an APS-C camera over point and shoot but more than likely those individuals would battle to the death that their APS-C is needed. One could also argue that most APS-C cameras produced in the last 8 year would have no problem with producing the images presented here but again they would argue to the death that the upgraded was needed.

Photography is like a finger pointing its way to the moon, concentrate on the finger and you will miss all that heavenly glory .

;)

Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-23-2015, 12:25 AM

Nikon D750
Posted By BeerBelly

Replies: 142
Views: 12,996

Norm...you somehow find it easy to criticize everyone else's work but never your own? Why the need to bash people that feel differently than you? The photos you just posted...I'm sorry but they're not very good examples of what gear can do. The only photo that seems fine to me is the 4th to last.

You also mention numerous times how FF users praise FF as the holy grail and can't take no for an answer...but it seems to me that it's you who's too stubborn to look elsewhere and see the benefits. I have very little doubt there is a need for an APS-C body next to a FF, but it serves a very specific purpose. Now please, accept the fact there's people with a different opinion than you and there's nothing wrong with that.

Forum: General Photography 10-09-2015, 10:11 AM

Anyone still want Ricoh to make an effort in video?
Posted By LaurenOE

Replies: 25
Views: 2,172

Video. With a one word change to "Cinema", it creates another category and aesthetic.
Calling those functions as "niche" for users here only highlights that Ricoh/Pentax needs to do more as others mostly use C300s/A7s/FS7/GH4 and others to perform those functions.

As great as my FA Limiteds are in Photography, they are dreamy when it comes to my Cinematography.
When I put my DA and DA* lenses on my FS7, I am thrilled to get awesome looking images.

As a visual creative, I prefer to have one camera with me.
Since I shoot with multiple cameras always, it simplifies my workflow.
Mostly the K3 does the job...it could be so much more.

How interesting folks discount the cinema ability of our cameras.
If photography was truly the only thing that mattered, the 645D is going for around $4k now, which is a steal.

I am not too concerned with "Video", but the "Cinema" aspects of Pentax cameras are what matters.

---------- Post added 10-09-15 at 12:59 PM ----------

So when it comes to video...and with the delay of the FF...I took that money and bought a drone.
As a visual creative - and NEVER having flown ANYTHING - I took my enhanced equipment/portfolio and "Cinematic" aesthetic (taken from being a photographer for years and years) and applied it to my new "tool".

I created a 5 minute "eye candy" video.
All these shots would have made awesome "non-moving images" - as in photographs.

Youtu.be

Youtu.be

src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_eY2qwcdr0?controls=1" allowfullscreen><br />

Which opened up new doors for me to do more.
I now have another arrow in my quiver.

So "cinema for Pentax" cameras, only adds another tool to an awesome platform.
A visual creative only needs tools to take their aesthetic to the next level.

Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 07-15-2015, 02:39 AM

A Gentle Reminder: Keep those reviews on point
Posted By Rondec

Replies: 47
Views: 4,795

This thread would leave the impression that people are under rating lenses because of silly things, but my perception is that most people over rate their lenses. It is silly if all lenses fall into the 8 to 10 range. I know that modern lenses are all at least decent, but that still doesn't mean that there isn't a range.

I am afraid that people take price paid into account in their review. If you paid 25 dollars for a lens, then you tend to judge it less harshly than if you paid 1000 dollars for a lens.

Forum: Photographic Technique 04-08-2015, 05:28 PM

Make your SEASCAPES more dynamic...
Posted By mikeSF

Replies: 59
Views: 10,622

It does well using the ghost reduction feature to select the exposure with the motion detail I want to preserve. I typically only take 2-shot brackets (0ev and -2ev), but depending on the change of movement in the scene, I may add a little manual blending if required. The toughest HDR situations I encounter are with spinning wind turbines and I can mask out(or erase) just the blades I don't want to see before feeding the exposures into HDR, and (HDR Efex) works with the information it has.

Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-27-2014, 05:31 PM

The best and worse thing about going fullframe...
Posted By jsherman999

Replies: 67
Views: 6,533

Norm, it was my kid IIRC. You were furious at me for making something you said look silly, and you lashed out in about the worst possible way, veiling it as a "I'm just making a suggestion about photography". Which fooled no-one. It was really low-class, but what really makes it worse is that you (IIRC) have never apologized. Anyone can have a bad moment, but...

I think you spend a lot of time in the non-pentax and FF forums just making yourself really mad. We've suggested you maybe re-think that, and you take it as a "get out of here" directive and double down on the thick-headedness. Don't know if there's a fix for that. I guess if you enjoy it, for some masochistic reason, you're entitled to continue.

Ever notice the silence that accompanies most of your over-PP'd landscape shots?

.

Forum: Ricoh GR 07-25-2014, 04:18 AM

Ricoh GR A Jack of all Trades
Posted By jasphotoart

Replies: 7
Views: 1,954

Hi all,

I have had my GR for a couple of weeks now and am so very much impressed with it. I have run it through most of its paces in comparison to what I was doing with my K30. I have to say I think the high ISO capabilities are better with the GR. The only area where it can not compare it with true macro but that was to be expected. Anyways my final comparison was with something that a good mate and myself like to get out and do and that is spinning burning steel wool. The look on my mates face when I rocked up with the GR on my tripod was priceless, he is a massive Nikon FF man. I think the end results speak for themselves, my bud was more than impressed.

Cheers

J

Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras 02-23-2014, 01:33 PM

MX-1 - New Firmware update
Posted By Steve.Ledger

Replies: 55
Views: 26,886

Well you can preview and delete images, also you can make menu changes with the lens cap still on.
Just press and hold the Preview button on the camera to start it up without the lens extending.

Forum: Ricoh GR 10-29-2013, 09:36 AM

This is why I bought the GR!
Posted By newmikey

Replies: 12
Views: 2,033

Removed content

Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50 07-05-2013, 07:47 PM

K-30 won't select SR
Posted By ramseybuckeye

Replies: 6
Views: 1,300

Did you enable the use of the aperture ring (it's in the custom setting menu 4)? I m preety sure if you don't input the focal length SR cannot work.

Edit: Page 271 of the K-30 manual gives the reasons shake reduction will not work

Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-04-2013, 08:14 AM

Pentax Confirms Full-Frame Plans at CP+ Inteview
Posted By monochrome

Replies: 810
Views: 119,932

Here is the essential conundrum for Pentax (doesn't matter who owns Pentax).

The USA market, whether or not largest on earth any more, is at least the marginal market for high-margin products. Everything depends upon whether the USA is a relevant market for Pentax now and in the future. Without an effective marketing and distribution channel in the USA Pentax has a very tough challenge achieving volume at high-margin prices. We've seen that Pentax doesn't desire volume at low-margin prices. Canon and Nikon dominate the store trade - box and boutique.

Pentax can have all the products we want, complete, ready to manufacture - but until PRIAC gets its act together and PRI comnmits long-term, repetitive investment into market development PRIAC is going nowhere. Without PRIAC high-margin products aren't likely to achieve launch volume globally.

Without PRIAC there won't be - there can't be - any Pentax FF camera (and lenses, and attachments, and accessories).

Until just 6 months ago Ricoh's business plan was essentially, lay off employees of IKON Office Systems (restructure) globally to recover fromt the disastrous 2008 acquisition of that company. Pentax cost $100MM +/-, not a small sum in the middle of a losing period, but not a backbreaker, either. However, the add-on investments necessary to rebuild Pentax (not the product stuff, which they have - the distribution channel), especially in PRIAC, was a deal-breaker. When you are retrenching in one division expanding in another just isn't going to happen - the Finance Guys won't allow it, and money always has the deciding seat at the table. Always.

Pentax is telling us they have the desire, they have a plan, they have the technology, they have the prototypes, they have the business relationships with third-party suppliers --- they have the Product!!

But they don't have permission of the Finance Guys yet. And they won't get that until PRIAC is fixed. Good luck on that, Mr. Malcolm.

Ogl - you don't know your business as well as you seem to believe. Its all about money. Always has been, always is and ever shall it always be.

Forum: Pentax K-01 01-09-2013, 12:02 PM

Well, I now own a K-01. My thoughts.
Posted By Docrwm

Replies: 79
Views: 10,451

I took my own advice and bought a K-01. I got it for $316 with the 40XS lens and feel that is a steal of a deal.

For those who have been reading my posts for some time they know that I was an early and vocal critic of Pentax and the K-01. I did handle them and found the ergonomics severely lacking and the rubber SD card door a joke. I have never negatively commented on IQ. I also found the initial price to be absurd for a camera with no view finder and other issues.

Now that I own a K-01, in Yellow by the way, I have other thoughts and wanted to share them. I was struck by the praises in several recent threads that are a bit Pollyanna IMHO. Hopefully I can offer a balanced perspective on the K-01. As background I have owned a K-x, K-r, K-5, and Q (in addition I have several film SLRs by Pentax). I still have the K-5 and Q. My lenses run the gamut from Limited Primes to Consumer Super-Zooms in both AF and Manual flavors.

Image Quality - Excellent - period. The IQ on the K-01 is slightly better IMHO than that coming straight out of my K-5. I realize this is weird given the nature of the sensor and other issues but it’s what I am seeing under real use, non-controlled, circumstances.

Autofocus - Good. Once I installed the new firmware things got a bit faster. It's still not as fast as my K-5 but it’s better than the Q. Accuracy, its apples and oranges for accurate with the two focus systems. I can say that it and the Q are on more equal ground but again I find that the K-01 nails the focus more often than the Q but that may have to do with DoF and crop factor.

Image Write Speed - Poor. It just doesn't take pictures with any real speed at all. On the menu for continuous shooting they have disabled (but it’s still present in greyed out form) the Hi option, so at least they are being honest. Side-by-side my K-5, in the same AF mode, can run rings around the K-01 in the number of images taken and written.

Ergonomics - Poor. Don't care what others have to say, it's a PITA to use the skittle buttons, and the shutter button and the on-off switch design have made me miss the press more than any other camera ever. It's a brick and it is nice to be able to sit it on a flat surface in Portrait orientation but its clunky to handle and the smokestack knob for the mode is huge and disproportionate. The Flash button gets hit by accident, again more than any other camera I have owned, because of its placement. Bottom line is that form took primacy over function in this design, and that is never a good decision outside MoMA.

Intangibles - Good. It uses K mount lenses natively which is a real plus for Pentaxians but relatively irrelevant to non-Pentaxians. Bottom line is that Pentax is an obscure brand with a limited lens lineup now so the K-mount feature on a MILC is not a big selling point outside our community. Common battery with my K-5 is another plus but only for someone with a K-5 or K-7, for others AAs would have been a MUCH better selling point. Negatives are the SD card door and its double layer and the rubber outer cover - it IS going to break, perhaps not right away but it will and I can find no listing for a replacement anywhere on any Pentax website. I hope they have a good supply of them. Rear LCD appears to be superior to the one on my K-5, not sure if it’s just me or there is a real difference I haven't found that spec to compare online.

Bottom Line - I own the K-01 and am impressed with the IQ and image output, which is the real measure of a camera IMHO. The ergonomics are pretty bad IMHO but at $319 with the 40XS lens are something I am, obviously, willing to deal with for now. Would I own this as my only camera, even at this price, no way. Because I already own a range of K-mount lenses and have D-LI90 batteries it makes a descent 2nd camera for me. Why Yellow? A couple of reasons really. It's different. It's less intimidating than Black because it doesn't look as professional. I am finding that the reaction to my K-5 is FAR different from the reaction to my Q, even though both are interchangeable lens cameras in black. The yellow on the K-01 is also defusing the "Pro Camera" reaction from others already and getting me more true candid photos immediately. Overall, if you own a K-mount camera and have the lenses already getting the K-01 at $300ish makes a good bit of sense to me. If you don't already own K-mount lenses - why? So, for now it has a place among my cameras and I hope to enjoy using it as much going forward as I have my Q.

Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 09-24-2012, 01:14 PM

Pentax/Ricoh: De-cripple the K-mount! PETITION
Posted By froeschle

Replies: 502
Views: 70,018

274 users already have signed this petition to de-cripple the Pentax K-mount (i.e. to restore the aperture ring coupler).

Excerpt from this interview:

Quote:

Q: Will the Pentax K-mount ever be "de-crippled" (i.e. will the aperture ring coupler be restored?)

Quote:

A: technology ... develops ... less importance for the users ... user merit ... user feelings ... if voices will be increased ... yes ...

One of the very few reasons, why I would consider to buy an APS-DSLR again: A de-crippled PKAF2-mount.
An important feature, which the D7000 offers but the K-5 II(s) still lacks.
Why not invest some cents or even dollars?

Pentaxians, let your voices be heard ;) :) !

Copied from #117:

Quote:

To summarize:

Statements from the interview at Photokina:
Feedback from enthusiast users will not be ignored in the Ricoh system.

A de-crippled K-mount would be realized (i.e. the aperture ring coupler would be restored), if such "user feelings" are expressed and the corresponding "voices will be increased".

Why this petition:
De-crippling the K-mount will lead to an increased and/or more reliable functionality with all lenses possessing an aperture ring.

Such an implementation would be straightforward (present in nearly all Pentax film SLRs) and at low cost (mechanical sensor + software implementation). Considering the price of a current DSLR, the additional charge should be marginal.

Thus, it is an ideal test case to check the promise of Pentax/Ricoh. Do they really care about the wishes of the enthusiast user base? Nikon, in comparison, cared and realized such a feature.

You did suggest some kind of "voting system or counting system" or "a poll". I asked for a counter or an "I'm in" button. This is the response I got from PentaxForums.com Staff:

I like being liked ;) . So, do so, if you wish (-> Pentax/Ricoh: De-cripple the K-mount! PETITION - PentaxForums.com). However, this thread is rather meant to support the idea or the petition (and not me :) ).
Just a reply here also would not be sufficient, as some members post several times and not all members agree with this campaign.
So, as in a typical petition, I have collected only the supporters up to now in the following way:

Supporter number xxx
Corresponding post #xxxx
Member name xxx (followed by a short comment in brackets)

LAST UPDATE: 12/03/2014 13:30 CEST

xxx #xxxx xxx
------------------------------------------
001 #---1 froeschle
002 #like Alfie (+ #--24: Count my vote!)
003 #like tibi
004 #---4 Aegon (old lenses more useful)
005 #---8 Docrwm (would be nice ... improvement)
006 #---9 Lowell Goudge (not just the crippled K mount ... flash system)
007 #like NaHoruk (+ #--13, great little feature)
008 #--14 paulh (cites 9 -> +1 to this)
009 #--17 kcobain1992 (I'm in)
010 #--18 Not a Number (I'm for this)
011 #--22 JoostW (I endorse a petition)
012 #--23 Tanzer (I'm all for it)
013 #--25 kaiserz (Awesome! I would love that on my next DSLR!)
014 #--27 kenyee (doesn't seem like a hard thing to add)
015 #--30 architorture (Please yes!continuing to develop full frame technologies)
016 #--31 geojazz (DE CRIPPLE THE K MOUNT!!!! )
017 #--32 LFLee (I'm in.)
018 #--33 Mattco26 (I'm all for this, #--85: Nikon does it for their "hobbyists" so why not Pentax?)
019 #--34 GabrielFFontes (Of course! De-cripple it, please)
020 #--35 jeffshaddix (+1 de-cripple it!)
021 #--36 wcchamp18 (+2 de-cripple it!)
022 #--37 Carloz (+1 for de-cripple - Nikon cares enough to maintain an uncrippled mount)
023 #--38 foto guy (+1 for de-crippling.)
024 #--41 Designosophy (This would make life with K and M type lenses so much easier. Why did they remove this capability in the first place)
025 #--43 TomTextura (great it would be to use any of the current FA lenses with aperture rings)
026 #--45 Canada_Rockies (Count me in for the de-crippled mount, and even more so for TTL)
027 #--48 Compur (Count me in.)
028 #--49 Grigoris (I'm also in)
029 #--50 DimitryMD (+1 from me)
030 #--51 aurele (Pentax could do the same : uncripple the mount)
031 #like french_mike (+ #--52, +1)
032 #--53 Warpig (I'm in too)
033 #--54 wisent (count me in)
034 #--55 Macario (De-crippeling the K-mount)
035 #--62 ossy59 (Please Pentax, uncripple the K-mount. It´s only a few Cent or Dollars, and will help us (old) Pentaxians a lot. For me the uncrippled K-mount is more interesting than a FF-DSLR!)
036 #--63 mattiag (Please Pentax-Ricoh de-cripple the K-mount! This can be one of the most important new features in the upcoming cameras, more than FF.)
037 #--64 GibbyTheMole (Yep... I'm for de-crippling the mount.)
038 #--65 Mace (I am also pro a de-crippled K-mount.)
039 #--67 Designosophy (Sounds good to me.)
040 #--68 paulusje (And to me.)
041 #--70 drougge (Yes please, uncrippled mount!)
042 #--72 theperception2008 (I would like to have a non-crippled k-mount!)
043 #--76 Echo Eric (There should be no reason why a new top of the line SLR cant preform as my 30 year old K1000 can.)
044 #--78 geofferiah (I will only buy a Pentax FF if it comes with an un-crippled K mount.)
045 #--86 Quicksand (An uncrippled mount would be pretty good)
046 #--95 TaoMaas (I see uncrippling the k-mount as simply a way to make one of Pentax's biggest selling points even better.)
047 #-107 iht (It'd be nice to take pictures with a de-crippled mount)
048 #-115 BigDave (+1 for de-cripling the K mount)
049 #+dfn fibbo
050 #+dfn zackspeed (-> send this list to Mr. Shiro Kondo)
051 #+dfn gianni
052 #like southlander (+ #-119, Yes please, decripple the K mount.)
053 #+dfn TaxPen
054 #like feverbeaver (add me to the list)
055 #like adrianpglover (Add me to the list! Full manual mode only is not sufficient backward compatibility!)
056 #-125 V'cuz (Add me to the De-cripple the K-mount petition.)
057 #-126 riff (Yes a decrippled k mount is something I want badly!)
058 #-127 yyyzzz (Count me in.)
059 #like tromboads (+ #-128, +1 over here too!)
060 #p--9 Fogel70 (I voted for Uncrippled K mount for M and K series lenses)
061 #p-12 baro-nite (I maxed my votes for K-mount continuation and uncrippled K-mount.)
062 #p-39 befocus (Uncrippled K mount)
063 #p-54 Digitalis (a non-crippled KAF-mount)
064 #p110 stanislav (I would actually like non crippled K mount)
065 #like eddie1960 (liked #---1)
066 #like hjb981 (+ #-134, liked #-123, Very good initiative!!!)
067 #Bdfn ergoden (Blesator -> will ich auch ... möchte ... Blendenring verwenden können)
068 #Bdfn wema02
069 #-131 Kreepax (Add my vote)
070 #-133 Yamagi (a de-crippled mount would be wonderful)
071 #Bdfn ice-dragon
072 #Bdfn Al
073 #Bdfn Arnold (I want the aperture simulator back!)
074 #-137 regentag (I would buy a new Body just for that feature)
075 #like vrrattko (liked #---1, decrippled K mount is a lovely idea)
076 #Bdfn Lefty de Vito (Somit bin ich für den Blesator)
077 #Bdfn Juan
078 #Bdfn derstefan
079 #Bdfn klaus123
080 #Bdfn PINSELHUT
081 #Bdfn Normag 1
082 #Bdfn UndKlick
083 #Bdfn cola (Der Blendensimulator und KB Format würden mich zum Kauf einer PENTAX DSLR bringen)
084 #Bdfn bmk
085 #Bdfn Rauti2
086 #-dfn ErnstK (PM: möchte ich deine 'Petition' ... gern unterstützen)
087 #-139 networker
088 #Bdfn Austro-Diesel (Wär schon schön, fände ich nützlicher als 24x36 mm ...)
089 #Bdfn Orangefield
090 #Bdfn bmu
091 #-141 fs999 (need it for my bellows)
092 #-142 agchang (Pentax has proudly marketed the fact of backward lens compatibility with all slr/dslr cameras and should do so fully in all feature aspects)
093 #-144 Spodeworld (+1! Yes! I love this feature on my D7000 ! Add it to Pentax!)
094 #-145 perron
095 #Bdfn wolfi_z (a great improvement on the issue of backward compatibility)
096 #Bdfn boxer-harry
097 #Bdfn einherzfuerknipser
098 #Bdfn Ramashang
099 #Bdfn AES
100 #Bdfn Yogibaer.bln
101 #Bdfn 1a rabenvater
102 #Bdfn Teevogel
103 #Bdfn penlei (ein Traum könnte in Erfüllung gehen)
104 #Bdfn BerndS67
105 #Bdfn paul
106 #-151 carrrlangas (yes please!)
107 #-152 tlong423 (I would love to see Pentax de-cripple the K mount.)
108 #-153 JorgeR (Yes, please)
109 #-156 jt_cph_dk (Yes. I would like a de-crippled Pentax DSLR)
110 #like UliBär (+ #-157, I vote definitely YES!)
111 #Bdfn learza
112 #-163 iDon (I would definitely buy a de-crippled Pentax DSLR)
113 #-167 Pioneer (I would like to have the K-Mount on my dslr to work the way it does on my PZ-1p. That should not be that difficult to do.)
114 #like Nass (liked #---1)
115 #Bdfn HKMKonz
116 #Bdfn Hasenvater
117 #-170 Roob-N-Boots (Count me in.)
118 #-171 Davidw0815 (Open aperture metering with old lenses would be fantastic!)
119 #Bdfn Eisbär
120 #-179 MysteryOnion (De-cripple it!)
121 #-184 bobpur (Just not acceptable that Pentax has not included this on the K5s after all they advertise the compatibility with the older lenses. If Nikon can do it Pentax should.)
122 #-187 Digitalis (you can count me in. Pentax didn't cripple the mount with the 645D)
123 #-188 Jonathan Mac (I'd love a de-crippled K-mount and yes, it's a feature I would be prepared to pay for.)
124 #-190 topace (let me use my aperture rings the way they were meant to be used, please.)
125 #-191 henrx (Positive)
126 #-192 codeblock (+1, count me in.)
127 #-193 pixelsaurus (+1. Seems like a good idea.)
128 #-194 Gerbermiester (+1. Decripple the K-mount!)
129 #-195 _quicksilver_ (+1 De-cripple it -Now!!)
130 #Bdfn Master of Disaster (Also bin ich dabei!)
131 #Bdfn manolo (Als leidenschaftlicher Altgerätenutzer schließe ich mich natürlich an.)
132 #Bdfn pid (Mich auch!)
133 #-197 dlacouture (I'm in)
134 #-198 MiLKMAN (Count me in)
135 #Bdfn henne (Please give me back the freedom to fully use all the Pentax lenses I've been buying since 1980!)
136 #Bdfn waldbaer59
137 #Bdfn tatrei
138 #-202 obscura (if one of your main selling points is great backward lens compatibility, why the hell do you cripple it ?)
139 #-203 Lupine (so count me in as well, for both de-crippling the K-mount and restoring TTL)
140 #-204 Stratman (I'm in too!!)
141 #-206 gabriel_bc (I've long, long wished that Pentax would de-cripple the K mount. I would buy a new Pentax dSLR merely to have this feature.)
142 #-208 bofh (I'd like to have a full featured KAF2 mount)
143 #-210 lguckert79 (i would love to be able to meter and have controle of my apture ring again)
144 #-214 glasbak (Yes, I want a decrippled mount)
145 #-217 zokes83 (+1 Yes I want a De-crippled K-mount with a aperture ring coupler!)
146 #-220 geedee (A De-crippled K-Mount with a aperture ring coupler would be great! Let's hope Pentax reacts as they have announced.)
147 #like Katier (liked #---1)
148 #Bdfn africanarcher
149 #Bdfn Schellnsau
150 #Bdfn Alfix
151 #-233 tcom (+1, please add me on this list)
152 #-Moderator Bramela (+ #-294, the Pentax consumer wishes to be heard on this issue)
153 #Bdfn blaubaersurfen
154 #Bdfn AS
155 #-235 utak (Yes, please count me in: de-cripple.)
156 #Bdfn Thomasz Xatnep (You can count me in. For a full-frame Pentax this would be mandatory)
157 #-236 Transit (Yes please !)
158 #-237 stingray (Count me in, yes the old fashion way.)
159 #-238 Pentaxle (Very much in favor, heal the system.)
160 #-239 grahame (Pentax should have done that much earlier! Or it shouldn't have been crippled at the beginning!)
161 #-241 floriko
162 #-242 p38arover
163 #-245 Bukaj (Shooting with [...] film cameras with non-crippled mounts makes me wish Pentax de-crippled the mount on current DSLRs)
164 #-249 LaurenOE
165 #-250 rockmaster1964
166 #Bdfn reisschuessel
167 #Bdfn Heribert
168 #Bdfn JGS
169 #-253 kadajawi (if they added the feature for the next camera I'd have to buy a new camera... again!)
170 #-255 TedH42 (using the green button is disruptive, especially for hand-held macro shots)
171 #-256 torge (Yes Ricoh, please do it!)
172 #-257 gilsouthwood (where the hell is the aperture ring, I'm all for this)
173 #Bdfn knixhh
174 #-267 retroflex (Yes to de-crippling!)
175 #-270 deus ursus (I'm all for de-crippling)
176 #-271 hopsing
177 #like cali92rs (Yes! + #-272)
178 #like SpartanD63
179 #Bdfn Uliwin
180 #-276 vkaro45 (I vote to de-criple the k-mount)
181 #-277 TomB_tx (Wish they would. If Nikon can keep compatibility, so could Pentax.)
182 #-279 JohnBee (Count me in!)
183 #-284 mrNewt (Please count my vote)
184 #-285 Shell650
185 #like jcdoss (+ #-286,+1!)
186 #-287 matakacha (Count me in.)
187 #-288 Dmitriy (I vote for de-crippled full K-mount (with the stop-down coupler/indicator))
188 #-289 VisualDarkness (I'm in too! Pentax would have the best mechanical DSLR mount!)
189 #-291 Pedrodelta (+1 from me too....)
190 #Bdfn Sirius
191 #-293 strixaluco (Add my voice, please.)
192 #-295 chhayanat (Vote for K-mount)
193 #-296 minahasa (I'm in. My old glass needs more respect.)
194 #-297 kevbirder (I would definitely like an uncrippled mount.)
195 #-298 robdewall7 (+1 for me)
196 #-299 filoxophy (I'm in for a decrippled K-Mount)
197 #like drache (Yes please start being awesome again.)
198 #-301 Mr Manual (What a great idea. Might we one day see a FF de-crippled K-mount.)
199 #-303 mattt (Add my name.)
200 #-304 macTak (I would love to see this as well.)
201 #Bdfn Thomas W. [Heidelberg]
202 #Bdfn Dimitris E. [Athen]
203 #Bdfn Thomas F. [München]
204 #Bdfn Michele S. [München]
205 #Bdfn sixtyeight
206 #-306 PPPPPP42 (I wouldn't even bother with Pentax if not for backwards compatibility so this is kinda a big deal)
207 #-307 GordonD (A Full Frame DSLR needs De-Crippled mount!)
208 #-308 Gray (Yes! The cripped K-mount severely weakens Pentax's claim to K-mount backward compatibility. Now imagine how compelling a FF dSLR with uncrippled KAF2 mount will be to owners of 35mm classic lenses)
209 #Bdfn Macshark
210 #-312 g.a.p
211 #-313 Petor
212 #-314 Saxplayer1004 (sign me up. hopefully it comes out on the next round of bodies... )
213 #-316 Billgscott (Yes please!)
214 #-317 Mazhe (Sign me up. Let the sun shine on K and M series as they deserve)
215 #like tzrenz0 (this will send the backwards compatibility of pentax to new heights)
216 #like tx0h
217 #-318 sphenodont (The legacy lenses are supposed to be a selling point, so why not fully embrace them? )
218 #-319 pentaxdevotee (please d-cripple)
219 #-321 indy (Pentax needs to de-cripple and go beyond.)
220 #-323 Guakala (De-cripple it now!)
221 #like BigJPR (it sounds like common sense to me!!!)
222 #-325 apathey2131978
223 #-328 deaning (Pentax, listen to the people! )
224 #-329 Belgarchi (Pentax, I want to be able to use my aperture rings!)
225 #-330 Pepe Le Pew (Sign me up Scotty )
226 #-332 Nuff
227 #like stens (liked #---1)
228 #-333 Corto-PA (Signed.)
229 #-334 Pontax
230 #-335 iveous (I would LOVE that feature)
231 #-336 OJGoreng (The crippled mount is the only thing about the K5 I really, really don't like.)
232 #-337 kiwi_jono (I'm in - I would love to see a decrippled mount too.)
233 #-338 kristaps
234 #-341 Brisboy (Decripple please)
235 #-342 Boris_Akunin (Thou shalt not sell crippled cameras!)
236 #-343 todd (i'm in!)
237 #Bdfn Tilla
238 #-345 camerons
239 #-347 Atlantis (this would be a small dream come true)
240 #-348 Johnson (Do away with the minor cost saving Crippled-K)
241 #-349 joergens.mi (would be happy to have this)
242 #Bdfn jedie
243 #-352 Nacho_tyr (+1, from chile)
244 #-353 dominique
245 #-354 tim60 (This would help all users who want to do more sophisticated work, with any series of lenses.)
246 #-355 Quinquen (+1 from Chile, South America)
247 #rice RiceHigh (I have requested this for years now)
248 #-357 tzrenz0 (i'd love to see this on the next offering)
249 #-358 rparmar (one of the main reasons i migrated from pentax to mft. It was a continuous frustration.)
250 #-359 krazykat
251 #Bdfn b.petit
252 #-361 Stephen Coe (I have been wanting this for years.)
253 #-363 Heliotrope (this meager addition would increase the absolute value of
254 #Bdfn Haebbie
255 #-366 SyncGuy
256 #like OldPentaxFan
257 #-368 Sangosto (Yes, we can.)
258 #-369 jbinpg
259 #-370 astraeus19 (Pentax really needs to tout the fact that you can use all old lenses, and make that as easy as possible if they want to sell more bodies under current conditions.)
260 #-371 Heisenberg (I bought my K-5 under the pretense that it was compatible with older lenses, and was very dissapointed to see that there was this major limitation.)
261 #-376 Odinz (My old mechanical low-tech camera bodies can do this without a problem, Please.....De-Cripple the K-Mount!! )
262 #-377 Hornet
263 #-378 Old Man
264 #-379 pento57mm (tired of overriding via body settings)
265 #-380 insulinguy
266 #like lectrolink
267 #like Kmounter (What do we want? Un-cripple the K-mount! When do we want it? NOW!)
268 #-385 nater (I [...] considered creating an online petition for this)
269 #-387 LSR (Please sign me up too.)
270 #like ElleGi53
271 #like valarie (Im In, so many great lenses, that are a bitch to use on the new mount!)
272 #-392 bmf
273 #-395 Fluke
274 #-397 raulmercado

(#+dfn: Blesator and Nikon; #Bdfn: Petition #p---: poll)

Please add your positive vote at the end of the thread.

A printed version of this thread was given to the Pentax representatives at CP+.
The journalist of pentaxforums.com also included a brief paragraph about it and explained it verbally.
Unfortunately, they did not want to comment on it.
There was also no chance to chat with them after the interview.
So, communication still seems to be based on "transfer and pray".
Hopefully, they will take our feedback to heart.

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